Fire insurance and other maps from the 19th and early 20th centuries offer great detail about industries and land use in this area. This 1904 map shows the extent of the American Manufacturing Company’s facilities, as well as the location of the Continental Iron Works.
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The 1899 map of Greenpoint below shows how the northwest Greenpoint waterfront was dominated by timber-related industries at that time. It has been georectified upon the contemporary street grid.
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This map, published in 1876 but based on surveys completed in 1777, shows “the original high and low grounds, salt marsh and shore lines in the city of Brooklyn.”
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