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Gowanus Glimpses: Brooklyn Bridges

- 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

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Hamilton Street Bridge

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The Ninth Street Bridge

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Smith and Ninth Street station over 9th St, the highest subway station in the city.

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The Third St. Bridge.

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The wet end of Bond St.

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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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joey: 2nd Oct 2007 - 04:40 GMT

was the end of bond st. where they filmed the dead end kids?

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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