Historical Marker

Preston Cliffs or Charles Gift

MD 2/4 (east side), 100 ft. south of White Sands Drive at edge of Calvert Cliff's visitor's center parking lot, RESTRICTED · Lusby · Calvert

Maryland marker

Inscription

Preston Cliffs or Charles Gift Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, on March 10, 1658, issued a grant of 1000 acres on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay to Richard Preston. On May 26, 1967, the land was purchased for the site of the first nuclear power plant in Maryland. Maryland Historical Society - 1970

Location

AddressMD 2/4 (east side), 100 ft. south of White Sands Drive at edge of Calvert Cliff's visitor's center parking lot, RESTRICTED
CityLusby
CountyCalvert
StateMaryland
Coordinates38.435300, -76.445517

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