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Installing sewer in Lewes in 1928
December 18, 2017
DELAWARE PUBLIC ARCHIVES PHOTO
Crews from George & Lynch are working to replace wastewater lines in downtown Lewes. The frame of an old automobile was pulled out of a 20-foot hole made in parking lot at 1812 Park. NICK ROTH PHOTO
With water and wastewater infrastructure replacement work underway in Lewes, it’s a reminder of how disruptive such projects can be.
The first installation of municipal-wide sewer lines was no less disruptive in October of 1928 when Roydon L. Hammond made this photograph along Savannah Road in Lewes for a statewide photographic survey conducted by the state’s Department of Agriculture at that time.
At least traffic was lighter and the road surface was easier to penetrate back then.
