Sunday, August 16, 2009

photoblogging: Inner Harbor

An afternoon at Baltimore's Inner Harbor with Susan and Ellie:

Downtown skyline.


Water taxi. A flotilla of these blue-marked boats efficiently move both residents and tourists around the harbor; they make for nicely inexpensive sightseeing.


Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse. A screwpile light, it originally marked the southern approach to the Patapsco River (Baltimore Harbor is part of the Patapsco system) but was moved to Baltimore about 20 years ago; it is now part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum.


Sanitation boat—the marine equivalent of a street-sweeper. Flotsam is gathered in the wire basket at the bow.


We saw a few canoes and kayaks, but only this one rowboat. It looked like hard work, but I suppose everyone has their own idea of recreation.


One of several tugboats moored at City Pier.


The Mayor D'Alesandro, a Baltimore Fire Department boat stationed near Fort McHenry.


What so proudly we hailed. Fifteen stars and fifteen stripes.


The fishing fleet: double-crested cormorants at rest on pilings.


An osprey, one of several working the harbor.


Camera-shy.

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