About This Item

  • TitleImprovements of Gowanus Bay, New York harbor, N.Y.
  • Call NumberMAP_1892-01-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImprovements of Gowanus Bay, New York Harbor, N.Y. … Red Hook, Gowanus Creek and Bay Ridge channels ... to accompany Annual Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. Gowanus waterfront with soundings of bay. Photo-litho by A. Hoen & Co., Balto, MD. In upper right margin: 4. from same source as other coastal survey maps. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Inscribed in pencil: "NYC 1895".
  • Date1892
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : some color ; 13.5 x 23.25 in.
  • Genremaps (documents)nautical charts
  • CreatorUnited States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps ; Waterfronts--New York (State)--New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gowanus Canal (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.