Cape Henlopen Station Site

Lewes, DE

Also known as Cape Henlopen

The Cape Henlopen Station Site site was established in 1876

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This is not an active site. It was active 1876-1937 (Listed as inactive 1938-1941)

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This site was closed (in) 1937

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This is the original site location

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Designation number: 140

Station closed in 1937. 1876 station house was destroyed when the site was washed away ca. 1940. Site underwater.

Station Site Notes:

1874 arrangements made for erection; 1875 in the process of construction, to be completed by Jan 1, 1876; 1884 enlargement and improvements?; 1885 completed? (USLSS Annual Reports). A new site was acquired in 1897. Discontinued in 1937 (USCG Historian's Website).

Buildings at this Station Site

There are no surviving station houses at this site.

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