Steamboat Emma Giles

Photo courtesy of Maryland Historical Society

From 1891 - 1924 the steamboat "Emma Giles" ran a combination freight and excursion route from Baltimore to the Little Choptank River and the Swan Cove Plantation. Excursionists could leave Baltimore's Pier 16 on Light Street at 7:30 AM returning at 11:00 PM with stops only to take on freight and passengers at various wharves. The docking bollards located on the lawn of "The Manor House" are remains of that that by gone era on the Chesapeake Bay.