[photo, Bollman Iron Truss Bridge at Savage Mill, 8600 Foundry St., Savage, Maryland]

Bollman Iron Truss Bridge, 1869, built by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Savage Mill, 8600 Foundry St., Savage, Maryland, January 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

This bridge is an example of the bridging system invented by Wendel Bollman, Baltimore engineer, in 1850. It spans the Little Patuxent River.

African Art Museum of Maryland
Historic Oakland Town Center
5430 Vantage Point Road
Columbia, MD 21044 - 0105
(410) 730-7105, (301) 596-0051
e-mail: africanartmuseum@aol.com
web: www.africanartmuseum.org

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station Museum
2711 Maryland Ave.
Ellicott City, MD 21043 - 4661
(410) 461-1945
web: www.ecbo.org

Bollman Iron Truss Bridge (semi-suspension bridge, adjacent to Savage Mill)
8600 Foundry St.
Savage MD 20763 - 9512
1-800-788-6455 (toll free)
e-mail: info@savagemill.com
web: www.savagemill.com/history.html

[photo, Firehouse Museum,
Church Road (at Main St.), Ellicott City, Maryland]

Firehouse Museum
3829 Church Road (at Main St.)
Ellicott City, MD 21043 - 4436
(410) 313-2690, (410) 465-0232

Howard County Center of African-American Culture
5434 Vantage Point Road
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 715-1921

Firehouse Museum, Church Road (at Main St.), Ellicott City, Maryland, July 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Howard County Historical Society Museum
8328 Court Ave.
Ellicott City, MD 21043 - 4556
(410) 461-1050, (410) 366-1284
e-mail: director@howardcountymuseum.org
web: www.howardcountymuseum.org

Savage Mill (early industrial buildings & bridge)
8600 Foundry St.
Savage, MD 20763 - 9512
1-800-788-6455 (toll free)
e-mail: info@savagemill.com
web: www.savagemill.com/history.html