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New Castle & Frenchtown Railroad, New Castle, New Castle County, DE
Summary
Significance: This was the first railroad chartered by Delaware, and one of the earliest operating lines in the U.S.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11
Survey number: HAER DE-18
Building/structure dates: 1830- 1832 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1837 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002290
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Randel , John
Griswold , Edward
Cushman, William
Mortimer, Charles
Ewen , John
New Castle & Frenchtown Railraod & Turnpike Company
Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad
Janvier, John
Couper, James
Blaney, C D
Fowler, Benjamin P
Graves, Rosewell
Ritchie, William
Cooch, Thomas
Crisp, William R
Strickland, William
Robinson, Moncure
Baldwin, M W
Knight, Jonathan
Nevins, Samuel
Jonathan Bonney & Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Elgar, John
Lewis, William D
Smith & Megredy
Robinson, Carr, & Company
William Robinson & Company
Burden, Henry
Troy Nail Works
Gwinn, Charles
A & G Ralston
Sweat, Enoch
Stevenson, Robert
Young, Edward A
Imlay, Richard
Griffin, Douglas L, project manager
Comp, T Allan, project manager
State of Delaware, Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs, sponsor
Eleutherian Mills Hagley Foundation, sponsor
Lowe, John T, photographer
Lankton, Larry D, historian
Davis, Dennis L, delineator
Packard, David A, delineator
Lickerman, Nancy B, delineator
Nelson, Allan L, delineator
Derganc, Christopher S, historian
Seely, Bruce, historian
Foote, Charles, photographer
Rineer, George W, photographer
Location
Fort Delaware, 39.66204, -75.56682
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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