New Castle Ice Piers

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = New Castle Ice Piers

| nrhp_type =

| image = New Castle Ice Piers May 10.JPG

| caption = New Castle Ice Piers, May 2010

| nearest_city = New Castle, Delaware

| coordinates = {{coord|39|39|28|N|75|33|39|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Delaware#USA

| built = 1803

| architect = U.S. Army

| architecture =

| added = February 4, 1982

| area = {{convert|9|acre}}

| refnum = 82002333{{NRISref|2009a}}

| nocat = yes

}}

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.{{cite web|url= {{NRHP url|id=82002333}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New Castle Ice Piers|date=September 1981|accessdate=2010-04-20 |author=Richard T. Jett|publisher=National Park Service}}

They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The ice piers have also been designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.{{cite magazine |last=Hansen |first=Brett |date=February 2008 |title=Breaking the Ice: The New Castle Ice Harbor |url=https://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/ciegag.0000807 |format=PDF |magazine=Civil Engineering |volume=78 |issue=2 |publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers |page=35 |doi=10.1061/ciegag.0000807 |access-date=September 16, 2022}}