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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 279

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rified by being called a river. Beforeit empties into the Delaware River at Wilmington it traverses historiccountry — country made famous in the Revolution by the Battle ofthe Brandywine. Though a comparatively small stream, there may befound along its banks the ruins of old time mills —■ many of… … which still exist, whose workers for three, four, and even five genera-tions had come from the nearby countryside. Such was the mill of Hodgson Brothers in the little village of HenryClay, just outside of Wilmington, Delaware. It wasnt a large mill butit had been in existence for 150 years, and it…

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