New Castle Ice Piers

The New Castle Ice Piers are historic ice breaks located at New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. The seven stone piers were constructed between 1803 and 1882. Each pier consists of an outer shell of finished granite blocks with an inner core of rubble.^[2]

New Castle Ice Piers
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Castle Ice Piers, May 2010
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Nearest city	New Castle, Delaware
Coordinates	39°39′28″N 75°33′39″W
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1803
Architect	U.S. Army
NRHP reference No.	82002333[1]
Added to NRHP	February 4, 1982

They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1] The ice piers have also been designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Richard T. Jett (September 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: New Castle Ice Piers". National Park Service. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
3. Hansen, Brett (February 2008). "Breaking the Ice: The New Castle Ice Harbor" (PDF). Civil Engineering. Vol. 78, no. 2. American Society of Civil Engineers. p. 35. doi:10.1061/ciegag.0000807. Retrieved September 16, 2022.