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Blue Rock shelters the Bay

The Delaware Breakwater, constructed between 1829 and about 1835, was one of the first national undertakings of public works projects, costing over $2 million at the time. “The expense and difficulty of constructing a breakwater will be very great,” acknowledged the Wilmingtonian and Delaware Advertiser in early 1827, “but will not exceed the benefits, given…

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