Which major port of the US eastern seaboard is approximately 200 miles from open sea, and owes its growth as an international seaport to its sheltered harbourage at the head of the Chesapeake Bay?

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Port of Baltimore BALTIMORE (U.S.). — Population, 508,957. A thriving city of some commercial importance; on Chesapeake Bay, 180 miles from the open sea, and mid­way between New York and Washington. From its situation on Chesapeake Bay, it is probably destined, as a grain-distributing centre, to secure pre-eminence among the ports of the U.S. Has a dry dock 600 feet long, and a Consulate http://www.kellscraft.com/ShipsandShipping/ShipsandShippingCh17.html Nov 16 07, 9:52 PM