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Kent-Sussex Line Branch is a 3.50 mi (5.63 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware. The lower part of this branch flows along the Kent and Sussex County line, hence the name.
From 1924 to 1943 it was the primary heavy gun defense in the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware. In 1943 it was itself superseded by the longer-range 16-inch guns of Fort Miles at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, to which two of Fort Saulsbury's four guns were relocated. Fort Saulsbury was named for Willard Saulsbury Sr., a former US Senator from Delaware.
Fort Delaware State Park is a center of historic Civil War interpretation. Award winning reenactors provide a glimpse into the past of Pea Patch Island. [6] Visitors to the park may have the chance to watch a blacksmith at work, take part in the firing of a gunpowder charge of an 8-inch (20 cm) Columbiad gun or assist a laundress at work.
Delaware’s gun safety laws were enacted in 2022 and ban various semi-automatic "assault" long guns, including the AR-15 and AK47, though it allows those who owned such weapons prior to the law ...
Restored World War II observation tower. 12-inch (305 mm) gun at Battery 519. 16-inch (406 mm) gun at Fort Miles in 2015. 8-inch (203 mm) railway gun converted to 9.12-inch (232 mm) experimental gun. U-858 after her surrender in May 1945. Fort Miles was a United States Army World War II installation located on Cape Henlopen near Lewes, Delaware ...
Recently made a state park ($89 for adults, $6 for kids), this 215-foot tall limestone Natural Bridge (backdrop for a nightly Biblical light show since the 1920s) is among six miles of hiking ...
Delaware's gun safety laws, enacted in 2022, ban various semi-automatic "assault" long guns including the AR-15 and AK47, but allow those who owned such weapons before the law to keep them under ...
Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Delaware listed on the National Register of Historic Places: - for Dover, see: Kent County - for Georgetown, see: Sussex County - for Newark, see: Northern New Castle County - for Wilmington, see: Wilmington