Built in the late 1700s, across Commercial Street from the now-demolished Plum Street,[2] the wharf is named for the Widgery family which controlled the local molasses trade at the time of completion.

The precise date of the wharf's construction is unknown, with possible years including 1760,[3] 1774[4] and 1777.

[3][5] Much of the wharf was covered during the laying of Commercial Street in the 1850s.

Adjacent (to the south) Union Wharf was completed in 1793,[3] and today shares the same parking area as Widgery Wharf.

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