National Register of Historic Places

New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Right-of-Way

Porter, New Castle County, Delaware
Listed
August 31, 1976
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
76002290

About this property

New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Right-of-Way is a railroad right of way connecting Frenchtown, Cecil County, Maryland, and Porter, New Castle County, Delaware. The New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad originally crossed the Delmarva Peninsula from a wharf in New Castle to a wharf at Frenchtown on the Elk River in Maryland. This part of the right-of-way is abandoned for railroad purposes, although parts of it serve as county roads. On the Cecil County side of this segment of the line, the track bed had been abandoned by 1858. The County Commissioners turned it into "a common neighborhood road," the Cecil Whig reported. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Location

Porter, New Castle County, Delaware
39.59783, -75.78048

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When was New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Right-of-Way listed on the National Register?

New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Right-of-Way was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1976.

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New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Right-of-Way is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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