SummaryAerial photograph. Portion of Gowanus Canal showing Hamilton Avenue beneath elevated expressway; elevated subway line near station at Smith and Ninth Street in background; Brooklyn skyline and water tower beyond elevated subway line; parked truck and automobiles near warehouse in right foreground. Label: "Hamilton Avenue Bridge -- A movable bascule bridge carrying Hamilton Avenue over the Gowanus Canal and placed under the Gowanus Parkway Bridge . . . ."
NoteTitle from typed label on verso. On verso: "Photos [sic] courtesy of Mr. Byron T. Conrad, engineer in charge of maintenance and operation of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond Bridges . . . ."
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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