Carolyn Roland- In Delaware and S. Chester County PA
Carolyn Roland, GRI, CRS
Wilmington,
DE
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Independent architectural histor'n
Address: Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate, 7234 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, DE, 19707
Office: (302) 239-3000
Mobile: (302) 593-5111
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New Castle County, Delaware has an area we call "below the canal." This is the area where part of the County became separated by a 14 mile long waterway connecting the Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River. Plans first began in the 1820's for a canal utilizing locks between the river levels and mules and horses towing barges. This was problematic due to loss of water when locks opened and closed . By 1919, the U.S. government bought the canal and the Army Corps of Engineers dug the present canal with a deeper draft and no locks. (Photo of Port Penn … (1 comments)
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