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Gowanus Glimpses: Brooklyn Bridges
Brooklyn, NY - CartLegger - Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 : goo
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Some shots from last weekend’s Gowanus Canal Tour with BCUE, led by the very able Daniel Wiley. I suppose that this also serves very well as an addendum to the Bridges of New York City
Hamilton Street Bridge
The Ninth Street Bridge
Smith and Ninth Street station over 9th St, the highest subway station in the city.
The Third St. Bridge.
The wet end of Bond St.
A bridge too far. The Carroll Street Bridge, circa 1880, is the the oldest on the canal. It also was the one that was malfunctioning that day. So I can't show you the flushing tunnel at the upper end of the canal, at Butler St. Notice the adventurous Gowanus Dredgers that are similarly turned back. you can take a ride yourself if you like. Just look 'em up at www.gowanuscanal.org/
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The former Port Authority Grain terminal, which will soon store cement for new construction. Out with the old grain, in with the new...
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CartLegger: 2nd Oct 2007 - 02:06 GMT
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Peter: 2nd Oct 2007 - 13:15 GMT
awesome entry, dude! i love the carroll street bridge... those squat drawbridges are nice, too (3rd street, hamilton, etc)...
prof: 16th Nov 2007 - 01:44 GMT
The water looks much nicer when you travel farther down Columbia - it's all parking and warehouses and such but you can see all of central bk. They even have benches to sit on and bike lanes to ride.
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