A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=52248 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: May 9 1922 Article Description: Iron Pier at Lewes Too Costly to Repair To Be Abandoned Article Text: Lewes, Del., May 9, 1922: Major Lyon explains adandonment of the iron pier structure in response to a request asked by the Harbor and Navigation Committee of the Lewes Chamber of Commerce. Major L. E. Lyon of the United States Engineers Office, yesterday, told the committee that the abandonment of the pier had been recommended because the use of the pier commercially would not justify the large cost of maintenance required. It would cost the government about #258,000 to put the pier into proper shape for use and in addition a considerable sum would have to be expended in dredging to depths alongside sufficient to allow ordinary sea going vessels to make use of the pier. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com