Cambria, Maryland

Cambria is a populated place in Harford County, Maryland, northwest of Whiteford.[1]

Many slate quarries were in operation to the southeast of Cambria in the 1800s. The region was known as the Peach Bottom Slate area.[2]

  • Whiteford Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
    Whiteford Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
  • York and Peachbottom Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
    York and Peachbottom Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
  • York and Peachbottom Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
    York and Peachbottom Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
  • Proctor Brothers' Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
    Proctor Brothers' Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
  • Peachbottom-Excelsior-Peerless Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
    Peachbottom-Excelsior-Peerless Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
  1. ^ Cambria in Maryland Hometown Locator
  2. ^ Maryland Geological Survey Volume Two, by W. B. Clark, 1898. Johns Hopkins University Press.