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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Man looking at damage near the Eleventh Street Bridge from storm and flooding on Brandywine River.
View ArticleMouth 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.
View ArticleChurch Street Bridge
Built in 1932, this bridge, in its new location, replaced the Eleventh Street Bridge.
View ArticleChurch Street Bridge
Built in 1932, this bridge, in its new location, replaced the Eleventh Street Bridge.
View ArticleSmith 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...
View ArticleEleventh Street Bridge (below)
Originally built of wood in the 1860s - replaced by a steel drawbridge.
View ArticleHilles & 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,...
View ArticlePennsylvania 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...
View ArticleOld Swedes' Church
Built in 1698, the Swedes who landed in 1638 built a fort and religious services were held there until 1667.
View ArticleOld 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.
View ArticleOld 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.
View ArticleCrane 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...
View ArticleCrane 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...
View ArticleSeventh Street Bridge
There was a steel drawbridge at Seventh Street, or Church Lane as it was known in colonial days.
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