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The Erie Basin of Red Hook in the 1880s
The Erie Basin near Red Hook was a busy winter stop for Erie Canal grain boats with up to 600 boats moored there. A single firm employed about 2,000 tradespeople, and the Erie Basin Hotel housed several workers including ship carpenters stevedores and a hotelkeeper family.
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Erie Basin
Erie Canal
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
van Brunt and
van Dike
Erie Basin Hotel
Herman Struck
Anna Struck