Titter Farm and Chesapeake Boat Company

 

Here’s a west view of Back Creek taken from the over-head bridge before the area was widened in the sixties. Notice the Titter farm at left. This was the home of Curtis Titter and his son, George. George was the father of Helen, Jack, and Dick Titter, notable Chesapeake City citizens. Above the Titter farm is the Chesapeake Boat Company, where I worked as a boy for Franz Kappel and his father. In the distance is the Marine Construction Company. This second picture is a south west view of the same Chesapeake Boat Company. Notice the old town dump at top right. I remember well the huge pot holes and the stench after portions were burned. As an early teenager, I spent a lot of time on this dock, pumping gas, working with the yachts, and general all-purpose goofing off.