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Tide mills were used in Red Hook to grind grain into flour.  They were also used to grind ginger.  Water from the twice daily high tides was captured in mill ponds. A gate could be opened, sending the water rushing down a channel and...

2016 draft map created by Eymund Diegel, based on his research describing Red Hook streams, ponds, tide mills up to around 1850.  The base map is the  Bernard Ratzer's 1766 survey.  Captions are derived from Stile's comprehensive...

From the early 1600s until the 1830s, near the current Van Brunt, Van Dyke and Coffey Streets, stood the Van Dyke "ginger mill." Spices were important in early American cooking.  Their generous use was a demonstration of wealth and...

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Coles Street opened in 1850. It was likely named after Jordan Coles, who, among his various enterprises, ran a one of Brooklyn's seven water powered mills in the early 1820s. Together the mills produced most of Brooklyn's flour, over 6,000 barrels...

The landscape of Red Hook has been dramatically changed by people at least twice in its history.  Starting in a major way around 1830, marshland was filled in to make solid land, and the coast line was modified to better suit boats. Nearly...

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