Delaware Breakwater
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Delaware Breakwater and Lewes Harbor | |
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| Nearest city | Lewes, Delaware |
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| Built | 1828 |
| Architect | William Strickland Simon Bernard |
| NRHP reference No. | 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.[1] The breakwaters are now included in the National Harbor of Refuge and Delaware Breakwater Harbor Historic District.
The stone for the breakwater were quarried from what later became Bellevue Lake in New Castle County.[2] The breakwaters were the first structure of their kind to be built in the Americas.[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]Delaware Breakwater East End Light
References
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Categories:
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Infrastructure completed in 1828
- Breakwaters
- Transportation buildings and structures in Sussex County, Delaware
- Buildings and structures in Lewes, Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware
- 1820s establishments in Delaware
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs