Rees' Wharf, circa 1915

Canal bridges in the Chesapeake City area – circa 1907 – 1949: Long Bridge, part 5

Here’s a view of South Chesapeake City’s Rees’ wharf in about 1915. Notice Long Bridge at left, Franklin Hall, the Apartments, the Cropper House, Rees’ granary, and the Bayard House. At about that time Albert Beiswanger had an ice cream parlor on the left just after you crossed the bridge. When I was a boy he had moved his store to George Street. The schooner (grain boat), Cara Dora, was owned by Walter Cooling’s grandfather, Capt. Zack Cooling.