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Boxed in Brooklyn: Robert Gair and the Packaging Revolution | Episode 276

In 1879, Scottish-born businessman Robert Gair stumbled upon an invention that would transform packaging and consumer products forever: a fast, mechanized way to manufacture cardboard boxes. This invention would grow …

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Waterfront

A Concrete History of Brooklyn | Episode 258

Concrete is the world’s most ubiquitous building material, and many important milestones of its development took place in Brooklyn. In this virtual program, we will examine concrete’s history, production, and …

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Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Workers walk alongside a large stone dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard with two white tugboats below and a red and white crane on the right.

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