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Boat moved and probably damaged by storm and flood.

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Freshet

Damage done by flood and snow near the Eleventh Street Bridge in a storage yard and anchorage for small boats.

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Freshet

Damage to boats in anchorage area near Eleventh Street Bridge.

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Man surveying damage from storm and flood near Eleventh Street Bridge.

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Man looking at damage near the Eleventh Street Bridge from storm and flooding on Brandywine River.

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Freshet

Damage near Eleventh Street Bridge from flooding and snow storm.

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Mouth of the Brandywine

A short distance below the Seventh Street Bridge, the Brandywine empties into the Christiana Creek and flows to the Delaware River and eventually to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Eleventh Street Bridge

A view of bridge at Eleventh Street with steel drawbridge.

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Church Street Bridge

Built in 1932, this bridge, in its new location, replaced the Eleventh Street Bridge.

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Church Street Bridge

Built in 1932, this bridge, in its new location, replaced the Eleventh Street Bridge.

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Smith and Painter's

Began in 1866 as a drugstore at Seventh and Market Streets, it expanded into a large manufacturing plant of natural fruit juices and flavors. They employed 40 to 50 people - Hires Company bought it and...

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Eleventh Street Bridge (below)

Originally built of wood in the 1860s - replaced by a steel drawbridge.

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Hilles & Jones Plant

This plant housed machine tool builders. Previously Crossley & Davis in 1854, and Allen and Barr, Robert H. Barr & Company, and Hilles & Jones in 1870. After merging with other companies,...

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Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge (PRR)

Originally the drawbridge was first opened in 1838 and carried off in the flood of 1869. A new bridge built high along the creek was built in 1904 simultaneously with the raising of the tracks through...

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Old Swedes' Church

Built in 1698, the Swedes who landed in 1638 built a fort and religious services were held there until 1667.

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Old Swedes' Church

Religious services were held by the Swedes in the original fort until 1667, when Crane Hook Church was built near the mouth of the Christiana. In 1698, Old Swedes Church was built.

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Old Swedes' Church

Old Swedes Church, founded in 1698, has a churchyard where many early settlers and descendents are buried. In 1933, it was under the supervision of Trinity P.E. Church, 5th and King Streets.

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Crane Hook church markers

Crane Hook Church was built by the Swedes at the mouth of the Christiana River, and used until 1698 when Old Swedes Church was built. In 1896, the Historical Society of Delaware marked the site of...

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Crane Hook church markers

Crane Hook Church was built by the Swedes at the mouth of the Christiana River, and used until 1698 when Old Swedes Church was built. In 1896, the Historical Society of Delaware marked the site of...

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Seventh Street Bridge

There was a steel drawbridge at Seventh Street, or Church Lane as it was known in colonial days.

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