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our operations to stay competitive.” After J. Edward and Nelson
launched Smith Brothers, the company continued to expand, eventually includ- ing six brothers and a partner. The company built its reputation on hard work and high-quality craftsmanship.
Today, Jeff Smith handles the day-to-day business with Operations Manager Preston Hartge. The next generation of Smith Brothers, Inc. stands on its solid reputation, currently providing barge rentals, tug service, contractors’ supplies, maritime equipment rentals and yard rentals.
Smith Brothers has remained a
vibrant part of the Port of Baltimore. The company has partnered with companies like McLean Contracting to provide various services to the region, such as the delivery of emissions-reduction scrub- bers to the Brandon Shores Power Plant on the Patapsco. The firm also works with shipping agents to assist in the deliv- ery of groceries and other equipment to ships at the Annapolis anchorage.
“We also provide barge service to Hart-Miller and Poplar Island, as we are the closest place on the Western Shore to act as a depot for that project,” Jeff Smith said. “We have recently delivered 2,000 tons of specialized stone, heavy construction and their new office trailers.”
Smith Brothers started off as a pile-driving company. The automobile was making the once-remote villages along the Chesapeake Bay accessible to Washington and Baltimore. City dwellers started to discover the charms of the Chesapeake Bay and the enjoyment
of recreational boating. The brothers expanded their services again, built piers and bulkheads for the newcomers.
After a tropical storm in 1927 washed out many of the new roads in Southern Maryland, the newly formed State Roads Administration awarded Smith Brothers a contract to repair them. Thus began a long history of government infrastructure work. Smith Brothers worked on the construction
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