About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2348
  • TitleGowanus Canal
  • SummaryAerial view. Portion of Gowanus Canal, with tugboats and barges; smoke rising from boats and left bank; warehouses, loading areas, and industrial debris on both banks; steam shovel on right bank; bridge at far end of canal with automobile crossing over; residential and industrial buildings in right background, some partly demolished.Caption: "Gowanus Canal -- Storied in 'songs' about Brooklyn and a busy waterway."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 9 x 12 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Nov. 8, 1940. Title from caption on verso. Torn slightly at right. Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCanals ; Tugboats ; Barges ; Steam shovels
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gowanus Canal (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: Gowanus: Canal: General