New Lewes water tower taking shape
A new water tower that will soon dominate the Lewes skyline is starting to take shape.
Crews have been welding large sections together and installing other components.
The tower is located on the Jones Farm property between Kings Highway and Savannah Road, near Cape Henlopen High School.
Lewes Board of Public Works awarded a bid of $6.27 million to CB&I in 2024.
The tower will be topped with a 1-million-gallon storage tank, which will quadruple the city’s capacity.
The iconic silver water tower on Schley Avenue will remain in service.
A Cape Henlopen High School logo will be painted on one side, a Lewes BPW and City of Lewes crest on the other.
The new water tower is expected to be completed in September.
Bill Shull has been covering Lewes for the Cape Gazette since 2023. He comes to the world of print journalism after 40 years in TV news. Bill has worked in his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He came to Lewes in 2014 to help launch WRDE-TV. Bill served as WRDE’s news director for more than eight years, working in Lewes and Milton. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University. Bill is an avid aviation and wildlife photographer, and a big Penn State football, Eagles, Phillies and PGA Tour golf fan. Bill, his wife Jill and their rescue cat, Lucky, live in Rehoboth Beach.
