Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 1. Near the Brooklyn end of the tunnel, a branch on the left heads north toward Fort Greene Park. Water started flowing through the tunnel in January 1917, bringing Catskill water to Brooklyn and Queens. November 7, 1913.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 1. Workers had completed the initial phase of grouting in this Brooklyn section of tunnel, but water still poured in from rock seams on the other side of the concrete tunnel lining. The next phase of grouting filled the seams to reduce that flow, then the tunnel was cleaned to complete this messy job. February 7, 1914.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Incorporated, contractor. View in the tunnel. In right foreground are two centrifugal pumps and motors for handling the inflow of water in the tunnel at this location. The pumps' capacity of 400 gallons per minute are driven by a 100 horse power General Electric induction motor. In left foreground is the tugger for handling the muck cars at the foot of the shaft. August 22, 1930.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. Grouting of the concrete tunnel lining in progress. The equipment is rigged up on flat cars being moved into position by a storage battery locomotive. Generally four such cars are used, holding, respectively, cement and sand, a grout mixing machine, a pump, and a timber working platform for drilling out and making connections to the grout pipes. In the left foreground is the grout mixing machine, followed by the pump and working platform cars. The grout hose leading from the pump is shown connected to one of the arch grout pipes. November 20, 1931.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. Grouting of the concrete tunnel lining in progress. The equipment is rigged up on flat cars being moved into position by a storage battery locomotive. Generally four such cars are used, holding, respectively, cement and sand, a grout mixing machine, a pump, and a timber working platform for drilling out and making connections to the grout pipes. The grout is pumped through a hose connection into the grout pipe. The pump is seen in the foreground with the grout mixing machine being loaded directly behind it. November 20, 1931.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. View in tunnel showing north end of the 17 foot diameter sidewall forms in position for concreting. Concrete cars are brought up an incline at the far end to the upper level, then dumped on either side on the top platform. Concrete is then deposited behind the forms by hand labor. The compressed air hoist shown on the platform is used for drawing the train of cars up the incline and then for moving the forms into position for the next pour. July 21, 1931.

New medical center for borough Caption: "New medical center for borough--First drawings by Eggers and Higgins, architects, of $10,500,000 science building of State University medical center \[now named State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn] in vicinity of Kings County Hospital. With facilities for 800 medical students, building will include lecture halls, labs, dining room and library. Ground is to be broken in a year."

Father's day Three Brooklyn Dodgers seated on sofa, each holding baby daughter on lap; coffee table before them, curtains and window blinds behind them. Caption on verso: "Father's Day: Dodger players had their hands full yesterday with no game scheduled at Ebbets Field. Pictured at Clyde King's house are, left to right, Rube Walker and daugher Deborah, King and daughter Princy and Ralph Branca and daughter Patty."

State University of New York at NYC College of Medicine Construction site for State University College of Medicine, now named State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, on Clarkson Avenue with several workmen, cement mixer, and derrick.

State University College of Medicine Image represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0326, SCHL 0324, SCHL 0325), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of construction progress on Basic Sciences Building at State University College of Medicine, now named State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, on Clarkson Avenue.

State University College of Medicine Image represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0326, SCHL 0324, SCHL 0325), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of construction progress on Basic Sciences Building at State University College of Medicine, now named State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, on Clarkson Avenue.

State University College of Medicine Image represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0326, SCHL 0324, SCHL 0325), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of construction progress on Basic Sciences Building at State University College of Medicine, now named State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, on Clarkson Avenue.

State University College of Medicine Image represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0326, SCHL 0324, SCHL 0325), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of construction progress on Basic Sciences Building at State University College of Medicine, now named State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, on Clarkson Avenue.

Brooklyn 129, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer

Flatbush: Barnum & Bailey circus tents, pitched at Clarkson Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue, undated.