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General View of Factories 1800's

Oil Refineries 1800's

Manure Barges and Oil Works 1800's

Newtown Creek today from Kosciusko Bridge. Camera looking westward toward the Manhattan skyline. To the right is Calvary Cemetery. Road bordering Calvary Cemetery is Review Avenue.
Bernard Ente 2001. Credit: Bernard Ente

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