Site of new housing project
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| Title: | Site of new housing project |
| Description: | View of construction site after ground clearing, showing piles driven into ground and pile drivers at right and center; inset photograph at top (4 x 7 in.) shows four men standing by pipe discharging water on open field. Caption on verso: "Site of New Housing Project: Pile driver pounds away at one of 3,100 creosoted wooden piles on which will rise some of the 32 buildings in 1,597-apartment Breukelen Houses, along Flatlands Ave. at Louisiana Ave. Inset shows last of sand being pumped into low-lying former swampland from dredge out in Jamaica Bay." |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Canarsie (New York, N.Y.) Jamaica Bay (N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Nov. 5, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched. |
| Collection: | Housing
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| Subject: |
Building construction Public housing Pile drivers Dredging |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
| ID: | HOUS 0016 |
