Image:Red hook circa 1875.gif

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This image shows Red Hook Brooklyn from the base of the Brooklyn Bridge to the end of the Island. Note the heavy industrial use of the area.

This is image taken from a map of Brooklyn and NY held in the LOC. "CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, Currier & Ives, c1875. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest. Reference: LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 596"

The whole map can be seen here http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.pm005960

MEDIUM col. map 53 x 84 cm.

CALL NUMBER G3804.N4A3 1875 .P3

REPOSITORY Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID g3804n pm005960 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.pm005960

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