About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0880
  • TitleWhere sewage may go
  • SummaryCaption: "Where sewage may go--Proposed, and very controversial, Owls Head site for sewage disposal plant in Bay Ridge. This photo is a combination of an air view and an architect's conception of what the plant would look like when completed. the sweeping road is Belt Parkway. Large rectangular areas in foreground are landscaped tops of vats made into playground (at left) and park space. Edison powerhouse is shown at middle left and in fromt of that three vents, 100 feet high, which will give off the 'odorless' fumes."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsarchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date inscribed: Dec. 17/40. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectSewage disposal plants -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Sewage: Owls Head Sewage Treatment Plant