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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing)	66	0	Browse	Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade)	10	0	Browse	Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition.	6	0	Browse	Search
The Daily Dispatch: April 16, 1862., [Electronic resource]	2	0	Browse	Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition.	2	0	Browse	Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company)	2	0	Browse	Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones)	2	0	Browse	Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight)	2	0	Browse	Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones)	2	0	Browse	Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore)	2	0	Browse	Search
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h. A surface of 1,120 acres is protected. It is 133 yards wide at bottom, 15 at top: a set-off 22 yards wide forms a foreshore on the sea side. The upper portion is revetted with masonry laid in Roman cement on both faces and crown. The hight of the latter is 2 feet above high-water spring-tides. 4,105,920 tons of stone were used in the construction. Cost, $7,500,--000. Delaware Breakwater is situated just inside of Cape Henlopen, the southwestern point of land at the entrance of Delaware Bay, and was intended to form a harbor of refuge during storms for vessels passing along the coast. The work was commenced in 1829. It consists of two parts, the breakwater proper and the ice-breaker. The former is 1,203 yards long, extending in an E. S.E., and W. N.W. direction. The ice-breaker is designed to protect the harbor from floating ice brought down by the Delaware River, is 500 yards long, and lies in an E. by N. and W. by S. direction, having a passage of 350 yards between it

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