Delaware Breakwater

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.

Delaware Breakwater and Lewes Harbor
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Lewes, Delaware
Coordinates	38°47′52″N 75°6′30″W
Built	1828
Architect	William Strickland Simon Bernard
NRHP reference No.	76000586[1]
Added to NRHP	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

Delaware Breakwater East End Light

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Memories of Fox Point Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
3. The District; a history of the Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1866-1971 (PDF). Philadelphia: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1974. p. 11. OCLC 1086353. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2008.