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== History ==
Chesapeake Beach was established as a resort community at the end of a [[short line railroad]] from [[Washington, DC]]. Between steamer ships from [[Baltimore]] and trains from Washington, the weekend population of Chesapeake Beach reached into the 10,000s during the [[1920s]], until the economic depression brought an end to the railroad. The construction of the [[Chesapeake Bay Bridge|Bay Bridge]] to the [[Maryland Eastern Shore|Eastern Shore of Maryland]] in the [[1950s]] enabled many of the visitors who used to spend their summers in Chesapeake Beach to now spend their time in [[Ocean City, MD]] instead. A museum at the old railroad station still exists today in Chesapeake Beach with many historic photos and an old passenger car from the railroad.
Chesapeake Beach is also host to a US Naval Research lab detachment that experiments with various military radar systems and fire suppression technology. Perched atop the sandstone cliffs along the Western Shore of the [[Chesapeake Bay]] the lab is able to use their radars against a variety of surface and air targets in the Bay. Nearby [[Naval Air Station Patuxent River]] has several aircraft that assist in the Research lab's mission.
