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Postcard: "Picnicing [sic] at Silver Lake, Bristol, PA."
Silver Lake is located at the corner of Bath Road and US Route 13. It is no longer used for bathing due to water pollution from construction of Levittown in 1950s. -
[Couple in horse drawn sleigh]
Possibly photographed in Bristol Township near Silver Lake off of Bath Road. Houses now have replaced this farm land. -
[Cows grazing along a body of water]
Photograph possibly taken on the Bristol Township side of Silver Lake. -
[Two men sitting along a body of water with sailboat in background]
Possibly photographed on the banks of the Delaware River.
Men unidentified. -
[Fleetwings bowling league]
Stamped on back of photograph: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated Fleetwings Division Bristol Penna."
This is the bowling alley, located on the second floor of a building at the corner of Farragut Avenue and Monroe Street, Bristol. The photo was taken to show the Fleetwings Aircraft Corp. bowling league. The company was called Kaiser Cargo after Henry Kaiser became involved with ownership. Note the office workers wearing neckties. The building in which the bowling alley was located was built for the Harriman Shipyard (WWI) as a commissary for the workers. -
[Mill Street as it slopes down to the Mill Street Wharf]
On the left is “Bannister” a tombstone business. On the right is Stocks Hotel & Restaurant. Both were removed. A large three story building replaced it with five condominiums and two restaurants on the street entrance. -
[Boat ramp to the right of the Mill Street Wharf at the Delaware River]
The ramp was removed and large boulders replaced it. This happened when the waterfront park was improved and four ethnic monuments were added. Festivals are sponsored each summer and in October each year is Historic Bristol Day. -
[Historic Bristol displays in Lions Park behind the King George II Inn]
The Mill Street Wharf is on the right side in the image. -
[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. -
[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. -
[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. -
[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. -
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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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[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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[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. -
[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. -
[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. -
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[View of the Delaware River waterfront near Mill Street Wharf]
They were placing large boulders along the edge with the crane lifting the boulders. -
[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. -
[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 placing rocks along waterfront near Mill Street Wharf]
Photograph taken from the back porch of 220 Radcliffe Street. -
[New renovation of the Market Street Wharf]
Man unidentified. -
[Market Street Wharf during its renovations]
Burlington Island is across the river. -
[Delaware River from the Market Street Wharf]
The cars are parked behind the then (PNC) bank at Market and Radcliffe Streets. -
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[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. -
[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. -
[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. -
[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. -
[Mill Street Wharf]
Beyond the wharf is the gazebo in Lions Park. -
[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. -
[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. -
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