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Ice Breaking on Flushing Bay

Queens Borough President Maurice Connolly (3rd from the left, facing the camera), engineers, police officer and residents on the frozen Flushing Bay during frigid weather. The frozen bay was preventing the delivery of coal to the area. Later, attempts to use dynamite to break up the ice were unsuccessful.; hand written on back of print: On Flushing Bay 1-21-18

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