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2 unusual facts about Delaware City


Delaware City, Delaware

The Delaware City Historic District, Chelsea, Eastern Lock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Fairview, and Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Diamond State Base Ball Club is a non-profit amateur organization created for the purposes of providing physical fitness to its members, educating the public on the history of baseball and local history, and serving as a point of public pride.


Diamond State Base Ball Club

On May 20–21, 2010, the Diamond State Base Ball Club, in cooperation with the Governor Walter W. Bacon Health Center, Fort DuPont State Park, the Town of Delaware City and the Mid Atlantic Vintage Base Ball League, hosted the First State 19th Century Base Ball Festival at the Fort DuPont Parade Grounds.

Formosa Plastics Corp

That subsidiary has, in turn, created four wholly owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries in Delaware City, Delaware, Illiopolis, Illinois, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Point Comfort, Texas.

Walter W. Bacon

Fort du Pont at Delaware City and Fort Miles at Cape Henlopen became major military installations protecting the shipping routes into the Delaware River.


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