Editing Port Deposit, Maryland (section)

===Arrival of the railroad===
[[Image:Port Deposit P3260068.JPG|right|thumb|240px|More houses along main street in Port Deposit]]
In 1832, the governments of Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania chartered a quartet of railroads to connect Baltimore and Philadelphia. The [[Maryland General Assembly]] chartered two railroads terminating at Port Deposit: the Baltimore and Port Deposite Rail Road Company to build a line from the Susquehanna's western bank to Baltimore; and the [[Delaware and Maryland Rail Road Company]] to build from the river's eastern bank to the [[Delaware]] state line. That same year, Delaware chartered the Wilmington and Susquehanna Rail Road Company to continue the line to [[Wilmington (DE)|Wilmington]]. In 1836, the D&M merged with the W&S to form the Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad Company. On February 12, 1838, all three companies merged to form the [[Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad|Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company]], forging a continuous line from Philadelphia to Baltimore. The main line passed southeast of Port Deposit; the town was connected by a branch line in 1866, running along the riverbank from [[Perryville, Maryland|Perryville]]. In 1881, the PW&B came under the control of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] (PRR). In 1893 the branch line was sold to the [[Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad|Columbia and Port Deposit Railway]], also PRR-controlled.<ref name="Johnston" /><ref name="B" />