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Built 1832. One of the first railroads in country. Extended from this point to Frenchtown on the Elk River. Important connecting link between the north and south. Absorbed by Delaware Railroad 1856.
Installed in 1932.
Historic Markers Commission, 1932.
2 Delaware Street, New Castle, DE 19720