Between the years 1935 and 1940, a six and a half mile tunnel was built to connect the Loch Raven Reservoir with the... More > Montebello Filtration Plant. This is the story of the men who built this tunnel as told through the engineers and inspectors personal journals. They not only wrote on the tunnel progress, but also on the daily issues of life at the site. Union troubles and a tunnel explosion occupied their writings for one whole year. How ten men were killed in the tunnel explosion was never revealed. < Less

The story of my life, my addiction and my recovery. From early on, my emotions had always ruled my life. When I started... More > using drugs at 12 years old, I found out that I could control most of my emotions - for better or for worse. Then the drugs started to control me. For 19 years I lived in emotional chaos because of my addiction. Just because I stopped using drugs at age 31, didn't mean that I was back in control of my emotions. Far from it. After one year clean, I wrote another first step and about how I was still powerless over my feelings. It has taken a very long time to get in touch with those feelings and to know, that through the process of recovery, things do get better. < Less

The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a partial index to the enormous amount of information that is stored... More > at the Montebello Filtration Plant in Baltimore Md. This information comes in a variety of forms: glass plate negatives, lantern slides, personal journals and letters, hundreds of files, thousands of photographs, a couple hundred books, numerous water contracts and specification books. Also various maps, drawings and blueprints. Although not inclusive of everything stored at Montebello, it is fairly representative of the collection. < Less

Photo book of the Loch Raven Dam and connecting pipe construction, which supplies water to the City of Baltimore.

While on summer vacation, Sally learns the importance of protecting sea turtles, which are an endangered species.

The story of my life, my addiction and my recovery. From early on, my emotions had always ruled my life. When I started... More > using drugs at 12 years old, I found out that I could control most of my emotions - for better or for worse. Then the drugs started to control me. For 19 years I lived in emotional chaos because of my addiction. Just because I stopped using drugs at age 31, didn't mean that I was back in control of my emotions. Far from it. After one year clean, I wrote another first step and about how I was still powerless over my feelings. It has taken a very long time to get in touch with those feelings and to know, that through the process of recovery, things do get better. < Less

Between the years 1935 and 1940, a six and a half mile tunnel was built to connect the Loch Raven Reservoir with the... More > Montebello Filtration Plant. This is the story of the men who built this tunnel as told through the engineers and inspectors personal journals. They not only wrote on the tunnel progress, but also on the daily issues of life at the site. Union troubles and a tunnel explosion occupied their writings for one whole year. How ten men were killed in the tunnel explosion was never revealed. < Less