Waterway

Portion of Gowanus Canal, with tugboats, barges, and rowboats; elevated subway bridge in background; warehouses, girders, steam shovels, and industrial debris on both sides of canal; industrial silo at right reads, "Cranford Ready Mixed Concrete." Caption: "Waterway -- Passing years have left little mark on historic Gowanus Canal, still a bee-hive of marine activity. Ships from every port in the world tie up near its mouth at the foot of Columbia St., above, and the canal itself is a constant scene of traffic congestion, as shown at the left, above the Hamilton Avenue Bridge."