Sparrows Point was on the map nearly a century before the city of Baltimore was laid out and just 20 years after the colony of Maryland was established.
William Fitzell, and work began immediately on a new plant, a s. and Mrs.
In 1886, the Pennsylvania Steel Company purchased 385 acres from Capt.
After receiving a land grant from Lord Baltimore in 1652, Thomas Sparrow named the area Sparrow\'s Nest; although he never lived here and his heirs eventually disposed of the 600 acres, his name stuck.
Sparrows Point was on the map nearly a century before the city of Baltimore was laid out and just 20 years after the colony of Maryland was established