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8 Things You Didn’t Know
About Brooklyn’s Infamous Gowanus Canal 
Current
photo.
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A Brief History of Slime
A brief history of the canal and
proposed clean-up plans. Current photo.
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A History of the City of
Brooklyn
A brief history begins on page 67.
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A History of the City of
Brooklyn, Including the Old Town and Village of
Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and
City of Williamsburgh. Volumes III - 1870
A brief history of the canal is on page 578.
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American Colossus: The Grain
Elevator, 1843 to 1943
A brief history of the canal begins on page 379.
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Concrete Jungle: New York
City and Our Last Best Hope for a Sustainable Future
A brief history of the canal begins on page 186.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to historical and current photos.
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Erie Basin, Gowanus Canal
Link to a historical photo of the canal.
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Gotham Unbound: The
Ecological History of Greater New York
A map of the canal is on page x. A brief history
begins on page 85.
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Gowanus Canal
A brief history and description of
the canal. Map.
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Gowanus Canal
Includes a brief history of the
canal.
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Gowanus Canal Bridge
Link to a historical photo of the canal.
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Gowanus Canal Conservancy
A brief history of the
canal. Map, historical photo and link to
additional history and information.
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Gowanus Canal Future is
“Murky”!!
An article begins on page 6 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Gowanus Canal Historical
Timeline
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Gowanus Canal History
A brief history of the canal.
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Gowanus Canal History
A brief history of the canal.
Includes a historical map.
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Gowanus Canal Images -
historical
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Gowanus Canal Photo
A search by "Gowanus Canal" yields a set of historical
photos and maps.
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Gowanus Canal’s Industrial
Past
Includes a current photo.
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New York Public Library:
Digital Collection
A set of historical photos and maps.
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New York State Historical
Newspapers
A set of articles which make reference to the canal.
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Technology Quarterly and
Proceedings of the Society of Arts, Volume 21 – 1908
An Investigation of the Sanitary Condition of the
canal begins on page 243.
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The Gowanus Canal
A brief history of the
canal. Current photos.
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The Gowanus Canal: The fight
for Brooklyn’s coolest
Superfund site
Includes a brief history of the
canal.
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Transforming Urban
Waterfronts: Fixity and Flow
Includes a brief history of the canal.
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Tugboat and Barges on Gowanus
Canal
A link to a historical photo of the canal.
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