1766 gowanus canal hires
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- 1. Feet Proteus Gowanus 01,000 1766Bernard Ratzers Survey map of the Gowanus Canal area for the British Colonial Administration,shows the glacial moraine ridges left by receding prehistoric glaciers. Brouwer, a German mercenaryworking for the Dutch in Brazil, built one of the first Tidal Mills in America here on the Proteus site in 1645.