The 1990 original line of the railroad the designer of McKim's School worked for was the port of Baltimore west to Sandy Hook.
William Howard (17931834) was an American mechanical engineer who was one of the first to work for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
 At first this railroad was located entirely in the state of Maryland with an original line from the port of Baltimore west to Sandy Hook. 
 It was designed by Baltimore architects William Howard and William Small and erected in 1833. 
