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Cambria is a populated place in Harford County, Maryland, northwest of Whiteford.

Many slate quarries were in operation to the southeast of Cambria in the 1800s. The region was known as the Peach Bottom Slate area.

  • Whiteford Quarry Fig 1 Plate XXIV WBClark 1898

    Whiteford Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898

  • York and Peachbottom QuarryFig 2 Plate XXXII WBClark 1898

    York and Peachbottom Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898

  • York and Peachbottom Quarry Fig 1 Plate XXXII WBClark 1898

    York and Peachbottom Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898

  • Proctor Brothers' Quarry Fig 1 Plate XXXI WBClark 1898

    Proctor Brothers' Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898

  • Peachbottom-Excelsior-Peerless Quarry Fig 2 Plate XXXI WBClark 1898

    Peachbottom-Excelsior-Peerless Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898

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