Portal:Delaware/History/January 24

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On This Date in Delaware, January 24...

• 1809 - The New Castle Frenchtown Turnpike was chartered.

• 1888 - The first trip over the electric street railway was conducted in Wilmington.

• 1940 - The Queen Anne pier in Lewes was all but destroyed by wind and snow.

• 2003 - During an unusually severe cold wave, travelers were warned to call ahead to the Cape May−Lewes Ferry operations center because of ice 500 yards out from the Lewes terminal and over a mile of ice in the Cape May Canal.