draft gowanus canal-1766-1848-w_notes
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GOWANUS CREEK &CANAL
1766 to 1848Landscape Changes
Jacob Bergen House(torn down 1855)
Jacob VAN BRUNT House(descendant of LUBBERTSE)
Adolphus Brouwer’s (1645) / JohnFreeke’s (1798) Mill built 1645 by Adam Brouwer, fromCologne, Germany via Brazil. This was thefirst flour mill in America, built with Isaacde Forest. (burnt down on 27 August 1776by American forces during the Battle ofLong Island
YellowMills ?
Tuenis TIEBOUT / TheodorePOLHEMUS House
Frederick LUBBERTSE House(owned 400 acres of Gowanus, thenowned by Johannas, father of JacobBERGEN(torn down )