L. Byrne Waterman, 85, railroad executive, historian.

From: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: March 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar. 7--L. Byrne Waterman, a retired Chessie System railroad executive and maritime historian whose philanthropy and documentation of Chesapeake Bay-built whaling vessels earned him a national reputation, died of cancer Friday at St. Agnes Hospital. The longtime Catonsville resident was 85. Mr. Waterman was born in Elyria, Ohio, and was raised in Wheeling, W.Va. After graduating from high school in 1938, he was a junior bank bookkeeper,...

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