Was Baltimore MD an immigration port of entry during the early 1900's?

Answer 1

Fells Point's was a port for Immigration until the mid-19th century. The Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd), the great German shipping line founded by Hermann H. Meier (b. 1809–d. 1898) in 1856, established service between Bremen and Baltimore, specifically, Locust Point, in 1868. The line already had service to New York. The attraction of Locust Point to the NDL was the B&O railroad terminal there. On March 23, 1868, as the Baltimore Sun reported the following day, the “[steamship] Baltimore presented a beautiful appearance as she entered the port with the American flag flying from the mainmast, the Bremen flag beneath, and the magnificent flag of the German Confederation at the stern, with sixty-one flags and private signals flying from her rigging. As the noble ship passed Fort McHenry she fired a salute, and another was fired as she entered the extensive new dock at Locust Point, on the south side of the harbor.” (Some sources incorrectly give the date of arrival as March 24.) On July 24, 1914, the Frederick der Grosse, left Locust Point with 600 passengers, marking the suspension of NDL service because of the First World War. When more-or-less peace returned to the world, immigration through Baltimore resumed. The NDL ship SS Yorck arrived with 136 passengers on May 27, 1926, thereby resuming that Line’s transatlantic service. All told, perhaps two million immigrants passed through Locust Point before immigration service ended.