About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1302
  • TitleUp the creek
  • SummaryCaption: "Up the creek--With huge dipper of diesel-electric dredge, Crest, in background, Borough President Cashmore rings bell to start work on long-awaited Gowanus Creek deepening project. Col. A. H. Davidson, Jr., chief of New York District, Corps of Engineers, and Samuel D. Steckle, local agent of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company which owns the vessel, are interested spectators."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 13, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption from verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCranes, derricks, etc ; Dredging ; Bells ; Canals
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceGowanus 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: Gowanus Creeks