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The 17 papers begin with the Mason-Dixon Line Survey, which established the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania in the middle 18th century. Another details the rivalry between Baltimore and Philadelphia for trade to the West Indies and Europe, and the early engineering studies to build a canal from the western regions of Maryland to Baltimore's port. Other topics include Federal Hill, prominent engineers and architects, the water supply and wastewater treatment, the lack of water to combat the Great Fire of 1904, the Engineering Society of Baltimore, and the birth and growth the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)