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Multicoloured plaque № 55498

Rehoboth Beach, DE, United States

History of the Canal The Lewes Rehoboth Canal is ten miles long and connects the Delaware Bay with Rehoboth Bay. It was built so that agricultural products could be shipped from the area around Rehoboth Bay to the Delaware Bay and then on to Baltimore and Philadelphia. A canal was first proposed in

1803, but actual construction did not begin until 1866 when excavation was done for about two miles from Rehoboth Bay toward Lewes. In 1912, with the backing of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Congr

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