Delaware Breakwater

Delaware Breakwater and Lewes Harbor
Nearest city: Lewes, Delaware
Built: 1828
Architect: William Strickland
Simon Bernard
Governing body: United States Army Corps of Engineers
NRHP Reference#: 76000586[1]
Added to NRHP: December 12, 1976

The Delaware Breakwater is a set of breakwaters east of Lewes, Delaware on Cape Henlopen that form Lewes Harbor. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976.

The original 1,700-foot (520 m) and 2,800-foot (850 m) breakwaters were built in 1828.[2] The breakwaters are now included in the National Harbor of Refuge and Delaware Breakwater Harbor Historic District.

The breakwaters were the first structure of their kind to be built in the Western Hemisphere.[3]

See also

Delaware Breakwater East End Light

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/76000586.red.pdf "Delaware Breakwater and Lewes Harbor"] (PDF). National Park Service. http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/76000586.red.pdf. Retrieved November 25, 2008. 
  3. ^ (PDF) The District; a history of the Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1866-1971. Philadelphia: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1974. p. 11. OCLC 1086353. http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/misc/un16/c-3.pdf. 
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