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A Brief Photo Album of Bronx River Modern History
The Bronx
NYC published 1807
October 1776
August 1776
Westchester 1829
West Farms, 1890
182nd Street dam 1898 Bleaching Mill, now River Park
Date Population Growth Rate1830 3,023 8.7%1840 5,346 76.8%
1850 8,032 50.2%1860 23,593 193.7%1870 37,393 58.5%
1880 51,980 39.0%1890 88,908 71.0%1900 200,507 125.5%1910 430,980 114.9%1920 732,016 69.8%1930 1,265,258 72.8%1940 1,394,711 10.2%1950 1,451,277 4.1%1960 1,424,815 −1.8%
Bronx 1905
Parkway construction
Northern sections of the Parkway construction improve water quality
1914 condemnation map
1916 Bronx Zoo Boathouse North of 182nd St. Dam
1920’s South of Gun Hill Rd. Taken from Baumgarten Tapestry pedestrian bridge.(?)
Concrete Plant 1948
1974 south of 180th street
Ruth Anderberg Founder Bronx River Restoration 1974
Tremont and Devoe 1970s
South Of E. Tremont 1970s BxRR
1970’s East Tremont and Devoe Debris Removed from river
Banana Kelly students October 2008 Drew Gardens
Concrete Plant 1948
1966 Active Concrete Plant with barge
Concrete Plant circa 2004
Concrete Plant, South of Westchester Blvd. 1998
Alexie Torres leads the fight for public space at Concrete Plant with YMPJ
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