Baltimore & Potomac Railroad

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defunct railroad company railroad company

The Baltimore & Potomac Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that connected Baltimore to Washington, D.C., later becoming part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad	3
Washington Branch of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct railroad company ⓘ railroad company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Pennsylvania Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
acquisitionCompleted	1872 ⓘ
becamePartOf	Pennsylvania Railroad system NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtToCompeteWith	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartered	1853 ⓘ
connectedCity	Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedToNetworkOf	Pennsylvania Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	post–Civil War period ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hadStation	Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station (Washington, D.C.) NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	provided direct rail connection between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. ⓘ
laterOperatedAs	Pennsylvania Railroad Baltimore–Washington line NERFINISHED ⓘ
lineExtendedTo	Pope’s Creek, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
lineType	intercity rail line ⓘ
locatedIn	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryland ⓘ
mainLineTerminus	Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEventAtFacility	assassination of James A. Garfield GENERATED ⓘ
openedForTraffic	1872 ⓘ
operated	19th century ⓘ
parentCompany	Pennsylvania Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Pennsylvania Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedCity	Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedPort	Baltimore harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedRegion	Mid-Atlantic United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedState	Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorLine	Pennsylvania Railroad main line between Baltimore and Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackGauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ
usedFor	freight transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odenton → railroadOrigin → Baltimore & Potomac Railroad ⓘ

Odenton → railroadJunction → Baltimore & Potomac Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington Branch of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad

Bowie Railroad Museum → heritageFocus → Baltimore & Potomac Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baltimore and Potomac Railroad

Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C. → railwayLineServed → Baltimore & Potomac Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baltimore and Potomac Railroad

Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C. → railwayCompany → Baltimore & Potomac Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baltimore and Potomac Railroad