Riverside in Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Bird's Eye View

Riverfront Wilmington

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 2, 2022

1. Bird's Eye View Marker

Inscription.

"Wilmington…a first-class city in every respect."
Richard Edwards, Editor & Publisher
Industries of Delaware, Historical and Descriptive Review, 1880

This view of Wilmington, published in 1864 and reprinted in 1986, is one of the City's great treasures. Labeled below are many important landmarks and manufacturing facilities of that time.

River traffic includes one- and two-masted schooners, sidewheeler steamboats, the schooner-rigged steamboat Wilmington, several small sailboats, river rafts, a tugboat, and a monitor-type battleship.

Numerous banks, hotels, leather factories, and machine shops were thriving. How many union flags can you count flying in this Civil War era town?

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.

Location. 39° 44.115′ N, 75° 32.993′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Riverside. Marker is on South Poplar Street, 0.1 miles south of East Front Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 S Poplar St, Wilmington DE 19801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Steamboats & Ferries (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Steamboats & Ferries (within shouting distance of this marker); The Great Railroad Boom (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Frank Furness Railroad District (about 700 feet away); Wilmington Station (about 700 feet away); The Underground Railroad (about 700 feet away); The Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park (about 700 feet away); Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 2, 2022

2. Bird's Eye View Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 104 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 6, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.