Pier 9 1/2, Brooklyn, May 16, 1917. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.

Pier 9 1/2, Brooklyn, June 13, 1917. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.

Pier 9 1/2, Brooklyn, May 2, 1917. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.

Pier 9 1/2, Brooklyn, May 30, 1917. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.

Pier 9 1/2, at the foot of Clark Street, Brooklyn, April 18, 1917. Construction just beginning. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.

Pier 9 1/2, Brooklyn, May 30, 1917. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.

View of the Brooklyn docks from the far end of Pier 9 1/2, undated (ca. June 1917). Photographed for the New York Dock Company.

View of the Brooklyn docks from the far end of Pier 9 1/2, undated (ca. June 1917). Photographed for the New York Dock Company.

Pier 9 1/2, Brooklyn, June 13, 1917. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.

Pier 9 1/2, at the foot of Clark Street, Brooklyn, April 18, 1917. Construction just beginning. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.

Pier 9 1/2, Brooklyn, June 13, 1917. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.

Pier 9 1/2, Brooklyn, May 2, 1917. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.

Still pouring water on the waterfront blaze Firemen directing water from firetrucks at warehouse; small crowd of pedestrians at right; empty firetruck on wet street in left foreground. Caption: "Still pouring water on the waterfront blaze: In water-flooded streets firemen are shown here still pouring water into the blaze as they continue their battle against the stubborn seven-alarm fire that started soon after noon yesterday in the five-story brick warehouse of the New York Dock Company on the Brooklyn East River waterfront at Clark Street...."

After smoke cleared from $1,500,000 fire View of charred pier and ruined warehouse on Brooklyn waterfront; Manhattan skyline in background. Caption: "After smoke cleared from $1,500,000 fire: With the magnificent New York skyline for a backdrop, the 1,000-foot pier at the foot of Brooklyn's Clark St. presents a dismal spectacle after the smoke cleared away, leaving nothing but charred debris.The pier and its cargo were burned up in an early morning fire that wrought damage estimated at $1,500,000...."