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Central Hotel, Delaware City, Delaware |
I love visiting towns,
cities not so much,
just small towns and big towns.
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Christ Episcopal Church, Delaware City, Delaware |
This visit was to Fort Delaware and Delaware City,
but Delaware City isn't a city by Philadelphia standards
so it fit the bill.
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An Inviting Home in Delaware City |
One of the neat things here is that in order to visit the fort
you need to take a ferry ride.
Fort Delaware is on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River.
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Two Penn State Engineers - My Husband and My Brother With Delaware City in the Background |
The Fort was built in 1859 to protect Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA
from attack by way of the Delaware River.
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The Welcoming Committee on Pea Patch Island, the Home of Fort Delaware |
This fort never saw battle.
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Inside Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware |
However, the fort was used during the American Civil War
by the north to house southern prisoners of war.
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Sights Like This Make Me Swoon |
The prisoners did not live inside the fort,
there were barracks outside for them.
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The Moat and Exterior of Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware |
The island is surrounded not only by a river, but a moat also surrounds the fort.
The island is able to be flooded in the event of attack.
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And Swoon Some More... |
This fort reminds me a lot of a fort we visited in Virginia -
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Living History at Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware |
Hey, two posts in one week! I am finally catching up on my personal photos - I made this trip September 10, 2016. ![]() |
Fort Delaware (red dot) is a day trip from southeastern Pennsylvania. |
For more images from Fort Delaware click here.
If you go, and I do recommend going,
check the ferry schedule in advance!
3 comments:
I had no idea that was there! What an interesting part of history!
DC was among my high school stomping grounds, but I never visited the fort.
Fabulous fort. I love anything old, so this is awesome. The weather definitely looked warmer.
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