Waiting....(Explored)
Freighters at anchor in the Chesapeake Bay off of Annapolis waiting for their turn to go up to Baltimore harbor. A harbor pilot will board the ships and guide them through the shipping channel, first under the Chesapeake Bay bridge and then the Francis Scott Key bridge to their berth for loading and unloading. The pilot is required as the average depth of the bay is only 21 feet and many places are only a few feet deep. These huge ships draw 30-40 feet! The shipping channel is the deepest portion and is the remains of the ancient Susquehanna River bed which flowed there long before the bay was formed after that last ice age.
You can see a portion of the bay bridge in the background.
Waiting....(Explored)
Freighters at anchor in the Chesapeake Bay off of Annapolis waiting for their turn to go up to Baltimore harbor. A harbor pilot will board the ships and guide them through the shipping channel, first under the Chesapeake Bay bridge and then the Francis Scott Key bridge to their berth for loading and unloading. The pilot is required as the average depth of the bay is only 21 feet and many places are only a few feet deep. These huge ships draw 30-40 feet! The shipping channel is the deepest portion and is the remains of the ancient Susquehanna River bed which flowed there long before the bay was formed after that last ice age.
You can see a portion of the bay bridge in the background.