In this area, 2" shallow wells with jet pumps were common when the
houses were built in the sixties. I was told partly because they were
cheap and many of the houses orginally were used more as vacation
homes. As time went on, the well drillers switched to 6" deep wells
and the houses became year round homes.

I suspect that I will be drilling a new well. Unfortunately, I have
been warned that the drilling rig will crack the driveway and the
trenching equipment could damage my walks and retaining walls.