Title Gowanus : Brooklyn's curious canal / Joseph Alexiou

Published New York : New York University Press, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Contents Prologue: the tale of Sludgie the Whale -- Millponds, oysters, and early origins (1636-1774) -- Bloody waters -- The Atlantic docks and basin (1812-1851) -- Sewers, railroads, and the castle on the hill (1851-1857) -- The Brooklyn Improvement Company (1858-1869) -- Foul odors and foiled plots (1870-1885) -- Industry, identity, and violence in Gowanus (1885-1898) -- Strikes, moonshine, and mobs (1902-1949) -- The fall of South Brooklyn and the brownstone revolution (1950-1981) -- Superfund me! (1981-2010) -- Epilogue Summary For more than 150 years, Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal has been called a cesspool, an industrial dumping ground, and a blemish on the face of the populous borough-as well as one of the most important waterways in the history of New York harbor. Yet its true origins, man-made character, and importance to the city have been largely forgotten. Now, New York writer and guide Joseph Alexiou explores how the Gowanus creek-a naturally-occurring tidal estuary that served as a conduit for transport and industry during the colonial era-came to play an outsized role in the story of America's greatest city. F Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York -- History Industrial districts -- New York (State) -- New York HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) Commerce Ecology Industrial districts Social conditions Waterfronts SUBJECT Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History Gowanus Canal (New York, N.Y.) -- History Gowanus Canal Region (New York, N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Commerce -- History Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn New York (State) -- New York -- Gowanus Canal Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781479879342 1479879347

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