About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2339
  • TitleSubway & above Gowanus Canal
  • SummaryPortion of Gowanus Canal beneath elevated subway bridge; docked barges on both sides of canal; silos, smokestacks, chutes, and other industrial structures lining canal; smaller drawbridge open beneath elevated bridge. Inscription: "Subway & above Gowanus Canal. Photo taken from Hamilton Ave. Bridge."
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. "Eagle Photo" stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCanals ; Bridges ; Barges ; Subway stations
  • 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: Bridges