[caption id="attachment_30274" align="alignright" width="800"] The 173-year old well[/caption] [caption id="attachment_30281" align="alignright" width="800"] Opening of the well[/caption] This must be among the first wells in Nigeria, dug in Badagry, South West, Nigeria, in the year 1842. It is now 173 years old. Photo Idowu Ogunleye.