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[Entrance to the Mill Street parking lot]
The Mill Street Wharf is on the right. The red building is at bank at Market and Radcliffe Streets. -
[New concrete walkway (at the time) in Riverfront Park]
The Mill Street Wharf is center. -
[New concrete sidewalk (at the time) leading from the Mill Street parking lot]
On the right is the Mill Street Wharf. On the left is the King George II Inn. -
[Atrium of Bristol Riverside Theatre, open in 1987]
Market Street is visible. -
[Mill Street Wharf on the Delaware River]
Across the river is Burlington Island. -
[Rocks along the Delaware River south of the Mill Street Wharf]
To the right is the Mill Street parking lot. -
[View of Delaware River south of the Mill Street Wharf]
A boat ramp for small boats is visible. That ramp has been filled in with large boulders similar to those in this picture. -
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[Gazebo in Lions Park on Historic Bristol Day]
Beyond is the Market Street Wharf with a tour boat offering pleasure rides in the river along the borough waterfront. -
[Mill Street Wharf]
The tall ship was for one of the Historic Bristol Day activities. Patrons could go on the wooden ship and take a tour. -
[Mill Street Wharf]
Beyond the wharf is the gazebo in Lions Park. -
[Radcliffe and Market Streets]
On on the left is the Bristol Theater which showed movies, making this photograph circa pre-1987. That year was when the Bristol Riverside Theater opened. BRT is a theater with live plays and musicals. -
[Land south of the Mill Street Wharf]
On the left was the site of the lock, which allowed the Delaware Canal barges access to the Delaware River. Tug boats could have been used to fill the barge(s), toward Trenton or Philadelphia. There are no ethnic monuments visible. The first one, Columbus Monument, was erected in 1992. -
[Mill Street parking lot]
Near center, on the right, is the Mill Street Wharf. None of the ethnic monuments are to be found, which estimates the photograph before 1992. In that year, the first monument called the “Columbus Monument” was erected. -
[Construction work at the Bristol Wharf near the Mill Street parking lot]
The Mill Street Parking Lot was formerly the Delaware Canal Basin. The Delaware Canal ran from Bristol to Easton. Barges pulled by a mule brought anthracite coal to Bristol. Observe the concrete circle in the middle of the photograph. This is where a crane stood for unloading coal for local consumption. -
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[Delaware River from the Market Street Wharf]
The cars are parked behind the then (PNC) bank at Market and Radcliffe Streets. -
[Market Street Wharf during its renovations]
Burlington Island is across the river. -
[New renovation of the Market Street Wharf]
Man unidentified. -
[Crane placing rocks along waterfront near Mill Street Wharf]
Photograph taken from the back porch of 220 Radcliffe Street. -
[A crane lifting a large boulder bear the Mill Street Wharf]
The photograph was taken from Market Street. The flag pole would be soon be part of the Vietnam War Veteran Memorial. -
[Crane for rocks being placed along the Delaware River below the Mill Street Wharf]
Photograph also shows the back of the Bristol Riverside Theater at the corner of Radcliffe and Market Streets. -
[View of the Delaware River waterfront near Mill Street Wharf]
They were placing large boulders along the edge with the crane lifting the boulders. -
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[Photograph taken from the Mill Street Wharf]
In the distance is the Market Street Wharf and beyond that, at Walnut and Radcliffe Streets, is the Bristol Water Works for home water consumption. -
[Market Street Wharf]
The flag pole and the brick below it is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The names on the monument were those killed in the war. -
[Bristol Borough Water Works on Radcliffe Street]
Water is taken from the Delaware River, filtered and purified, and then sent to homes for home consumption. -
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[Lion’s Park behind the King George II Inn]
On the right is the Mill Street Wharf and on the left, just adjacent to the Market Street Wharf, is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Names on the Monument were those men killed in the war in Vietnam. -
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[Market Street Wharf area]
The tent is behind the bank, which is on Radcliffe Street. It may have been set for the celebration of the opening of the Bristol Riverside Theatre in 1987. -
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[Bristol Wharf during one of the annual Historic Bristol Days in October]
A tall ship was brought there for people to go onboard and tour it. -
[Ship docked at Bristol Wharf for Historic Bristol Day]
This tall ship was from Philadelphia. It was sailed to Bristol for the annual Historic Bristol Day in October. People were permitted to go aboard. -
[Mill Street Wharf with ship docked for Historic Bristol Day]
A tall ship was brought to the wharf from Philadelphia. Visitors could go aboard the ship. It was during one of the Historic Bristol Days that are held in October each year. -
[Tent set up at one of the earliest Historic Bristol Days]
There was a vacant lot across Radcliffe Street from the Grundy Library. It was were crafts were displayed and sold. As of 2017, four house are there.