About This Item


  • Call NumberGEHP_0239
  • SummaryMaspeth Holders built by Brooklyn Union Gas in 1927 and 1948 were natural gas storage tanks on Maspeth Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Imploded by controlled explosion in July 2001.
  • Date20117-07
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG
  • CreatorKirton, Ty
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatstill image
  • Genrecolor photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Document downloaded on June 11th, 2019 as a JPG, from Facebook group, Greenpoint Brooklyn where i grew up, with permission from Ty Kirton. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectNatural gas--Storage
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleImplosion of Maspeth Holders