I thought I'd post two ICC Valuation Maps (or Val Maps) for the track approaching & in Cambridge, MD from 1923 & 1924. Basically, the ICC wanted the railroads to show what property they owned (including structures) & their general track layout.
PB&W.DRR.v03.MD-68 c1923 Delaware Div Cambridge Branch 200g, PRRT&HS files
The first map is the approach from the south & it is from 1923 & it shows the wye at the Phillips Packing Company.
PB&W DRR.v03.MD-69 c1924 Delaware Division Cambridge Branch - Cambridge, MD, PRRT&HS files
This second map is downtown Cambridge in 1924. The 2 tracks on the top of the diagram (above the circled #1) go to the team tracks used by various industries that didn't have direct rail access (i.e., small seafood & agricultural jobbers, hardware stores, etc.). The track on the bottom right goes to Cambridge Manufacturing & Dorchester Fertilizer. The track going straight across the Maryland Avenue crossing & to the harbor (where it says, "end of track") went to E.M. Skinner, Jr. & Company (wholesale grocers).
The track didn't change much, other than there were sidings added around Phillips Packing Company &, in Cambridge, the yard had a few tracks removed & one of the team tracks actually became a siding for several companies (more on that on another post).
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