By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Around 1895, the several and various Brooklyn dock and warehouse companies, including the Atlantic Dock Company, merged into a trust called the Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company. Old monied names such as Pierrepont - there is a street named after...
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The India Wharf Brewing Company was formed in 1880 to brew beer, ale, and porter. Their initial capitalization was $1,000,000. According to Wine and Spirit Gazette of that year, the company was formed with a plan to share profits with liquor dealers...
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On August 11, 1845, when word came by telegraph that she was arriving, thousands rushed to see the S.S. GREAT BRITAIN complete her record-breaking transatlantic voyage. One of the popular viewing places was the Atlantic Steamship pier at the foot of...
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In 1908, the New York Supreme Court ruled in a dispute between the India Wharf Brewing Company and the New York Dock Company. The case provides some insight into the business of dock companies. The basic facts of the case were: The India Wharf...
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Ramberg Iron Works paid $650,000 to the receivers of the Atlantic Dock Company for eight and three quarter acres fronting the Buttermilk Channel at the foot of Coffey, Dykman, Sullivan and Wolcott Streets in 1918. The site was within the free...
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The Porto Rico Line regularly sailed from the Atlantic Basin's Pier 35 to Puerto Rico. The line transported cargo and tourists to and from the islands. Many Puerto Ricans migrated to New York on the line and established a community in Red Hook. In...
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The New York City Draft Riots took place between July 13 and July 16 of 1863. The violent insurrection was a reaction to conscription into military service during the Civil War. African Americans became the target of the rioters' anger and an...
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In the 1850s, John Boyd was an agent, most likely for the shipping business. His office was on Van Brunt opposite the Atlantic Dock. If this is the case then his would have been one of the many jobs created in brooklyn with the opening of the...
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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company in the early 1900s was headquartered at 116 Imlay Street, near the Atlantic Basin. The company, generally known as A&P, started in Manhattan in 1859 as a retailer of tea brought in by...
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The Officers of the Atlantic Dock Company as listed in Hearnes' Brooklyn City Directory , 1851 Atlantic Dock Company. Wm H Imlay, President H. Alexander, jr., Secretary and Treas'r DIRECTORS William H Imlay Elihu Townsend W E Imlay...
