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Brandywine Christina: America’s Most Historic Small Watershed May 3, 2018 Gerald J. Kauffman University of Delaware Water Resources Center Newark, Del.

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Page 1: Brandywine Christina America's Most Historic Small Watershed

Brandywine Christina: America’s Most Historic Small Watershed

May 3, 2018

Gerald J. KauffmanUniversity of DelawareWater Resources Center

Newark, Del.

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1967 1945 1953

1951 1967 1743

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Glaciers melt16,000 BC

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Sea levels rise10000 BC

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Alluviating Streams8000 BC

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Vikings visit North America, Lief Erikson1000 AD

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New Sweden, first permanent European settlement in Delaware and Delaware Valley

1638 AD

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Swedes settle at mouth of Christinakill1638 AD

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Opasiskunk1683 AD

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Brandy Wine flows into Christian Creek and the Dellaware River  1687 AD

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3 Lower Counties of Pennsylvania 1749 AD

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Great Conestoga Wagon Road1751 AD

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“Nation Makers”H. PyleBattle of the Brandywine1777 AD

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Hessians at Unicorn Tavern

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Greenbank MillRed Clay Creek1790 AD 

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DuPont Mills1802 AD

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Brandywine Falls are higherthan Niagara Falls

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Underground Railroad on the Christina River at Wilmington, Harriet Tubman

1830‐1865 AD

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Wilmington1874 AD

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Pusey and Jones Shipyard1887 AD

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Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Park in NYC and Brandywine Park in Wilmington, Del. during the 19th century

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Brandywine Plant1929 AD

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Hoopes Reservoir1931 AD

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Christiana River Tunnel1931 AD

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Hoopes Reservoir1932 AD

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Brandywine Conservancy conserves King Ranch1984 AD

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Brandywine Creek1940 AD

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Brandywine Valley Association, America’s first small watershed association, est. 1945 AD

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Newark Reservoir1960 AD

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JFK signs DRBC Compact1961 AD

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1961 AD

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Gov. Peterson signs Delaware Coastal Zone Act1971

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UD Water Conservation Campaign1980s AD

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Congressmen Michael Castle (DE) and Joseph Pitts (PA)and Senators Joseph Biden, William Roth (DE),Rick Santorum (PA), and Arlen Spector (PA)introduce White Clay Creek Wild & Scenic Rivers Act.Signed by President William Clinton2000 AD

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2004 AD

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Newark Reservoir2004 AD

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Newark Reservoir2006 AD

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Newark chartered in 1758 by King George II250th Anniversary Parade

2008 AD

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Wilmington’s Matt Miller receives BVA award2011 AD

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Woodlawn Trustees provide land for First State National Monument along Brandywine River, 2013 AD

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2013 AD

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First State National Monument2014 AD

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Martha Narvaez Voted President‐Elect  of American Water Resources Association 2015 AD

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America’s Founding Fish

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William Penn Foundation unveils Delaware River Watershed Initiative

2013 AD

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