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The waterfront of Brooklyn Bridge Park was once the site of warehouses that made Brooklyn a landfall, loading zone, and storage space for countless tons of cargo.
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East River and Lower Manhattan viewed from Brooklyn Heights, New York City, circa 1915. Right side of a panorama. (Roege 9304)
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New York Harbor and East River viewed from Brooklyn Heights, New York City, circa 1915. Left side of a panorama. (Roege 9303)
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Pier 9, Brooklyn, undated (ca. August 1918).
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Off-shore fire fighters Caption: "Off-shore fire-fighters: Fireboat pours tons of water on blazing Pier 9, foot of Montague St., at very moment when walls of superstructure collapse into East River. In background, lights blink in office windows of Manhattan skyscrapers."
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Battleship fire Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0564), some of which may also be described in this new record; Firemen on pier standing amid tangle of hoses, planking, and ropes; large freighter in background. Caption: "Battle ship fire: Firemen at foot of Pineapple St. pour tons of water into No. 3 hold of Grancolombiana freighter Solviken and eventually get blaze under control." Images are identical.
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