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Brandywine Park, Delaware
· …over 100 years ago from this spot
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About 1913, park visitors enjoyed the ice on the Brandywine River along with their dogs. A series of cold winters made ice skating on the river a popular pastime. The dam shown was the remnant of an early mill in Wilmington.
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Brandywine Park, Delaware
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