Present sanitary condition of New York harbor and the degree of cleanness which is necessary and sufficient for the water / Report of the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission of New York, August 1, 1912.

New York (N.Y.). Metropolitan Sewerage Commission

Date:: [1912]

Credit: Present sanitary condition of New York harbor and the degree of cleanness which is necessary and sufficient for the water / Report of the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission of New York, August 1, 1912. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$freight is exchanged between ships and railroad cars which are brought alongside of the piers on barges. There are many large manufactories on both sides of the river. Midway in its course, the Lower East river is joined by Newtown creek, a densely polluted tidal stream which winds through a manufacturing district on Long Island.- The Lower East river is essentially a commercial highway. It is, at the same time, much used for purposes of recreation and health, as may be seen from the presence of | numerous recreation piers, hospitals and parks which are maintained at the city’s ex- 1 LOWER NEW VORK BAY 2 JAMAICA BAY 3. ARTHUR KILL NEWARK BAY», 8.06 SQ.MILES | H ' ‘ East RVER= \ : 10.05 SQ MILES N iF ; J f Lower East RIVER 4.19 SQ MILES JAMAICA Bay ‘ 20.93 SQ.MILES e Bh 3 : >~UPPER N.Y. BAY 5 . w 19.51 SQ MILES KILL VAN KULL- 1.03 SQ. MILES Op ARTHUR KILL ot GAG SQ.MILES Lower N.Y Bay 122.78 Sq MILES FIG. 1 FIG. 2 Map of New York Harbor, Showing the Main Areas of the Main Divisions of New York Divisions Harbor pense. Floating bathing establishments, through which water from the harbor freely circulates, exist on both shores. Two large islands, between the Lower Hast river and the Harlem, and Blackwell’s Island in the Lower East River, are occupied by charitable and penal institutions. Upper East River. The half of the East river which lies to the east of its con- fluence with the Harlem differs in many respects from the half which lies between the division line and the southern end of Manhattan. The shores of the Upper East river, instead of being smooth and parallel, like those of the Lower East river, are irreg- ular and deeply indented with bays which are separated by prominent points of land.$