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The Tideshift Project: Session 3 | Episode 277

The Waterfront Museum presents the final session of The Tideshift Project, featuring stories of waterfront workers from the pre-containerization era and people working in today’s final mile shipping industry. Tideshift is …

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Waterfront

Barge Family Reunion Celebration: The Tideshift Project, Session 2 | Episode 274

The Waterfront Museum presents the Barge Family Reunion Celebration, stories and images from people who have lived and worked aboard barges and their families. This is the second part of The …

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Waterfront

May Day: Labor History of the Brooklyn Navy Yard | Episode 272

Waterfront workers were at the vanguard of the labor movement; the word “strike” has its origins in work stoppages on the London docks in 1768, when sailors “struck” the sails …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Waterfront

(Re)connecting Brooklyn’s History: Brooklyn’s Homefront during World War II with Brooklyn Public Library

The history and legacy of the Second World War can be seen all around us in Brooklyn. Once home to hundreds of factories, shipyards, and warehouses, and responsible for sending …

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Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Waterfront
World War II

Celebrate Black History and Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard | Episode 263

To celebrate the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s 221st birthday, which takes place during Black History Month, we’re looking at the past and present of Black trailblazers and innovators at the Yard. …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Love in the Archives | Episode 261

Celebrate Valentine’s Day as we share some of our favorite love stories from history from the places that we work. We will share long-distance love letters from World War II, …

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Prospect Park
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Brooklyn and the Navy Armed Guard | Episode 247

Celebrate Navy Day with a discussion of one of the least-known units of World War II, the Navy Armed Guard. Serving in the U-boat-infested waters of the Atlantic, these sailors …

Brooklyn Army Terminal
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Waterfront
World War I
World War II

The Tideshift Project: Session 1 with the Waterfront Museum | Episode 246

The Waterfront Museum presents The Tideshift Project, an oral history collecting event presented live aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 79 wooden lighterage barge moored in Red Hook, Brooklyn. This three-part …

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Waterfront

Where is Pete Panto? Corruption and Crusaders on NYC’s Waterfront | Episode 202

New York City’s working waterfront has been widely associated with crime and corruption at least since On The Waterfront hit movie screens in 1954, but the story goes back further. Nathan …

Brooklyn Army Terminal
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Waterfront

Exploring the Morris Canal with the Canal Society of New Jersey | Episode 172

For almost a century, New Jersey’s Morris Canal fueled New York City with anthracite coal from northeast Pennsylvania, but now for nearly another century, the abandoned canal has been all …

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Waterfront

Listening to WWII: Voices from the Brooklyn Navy Yard | Episode 159

On the eve of Veterans Day, join us as we explore Brooklyn’s homefront during World War II through the experiences of those who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Center …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Waterfront
World War II

Voices of World War II: Brooklyn Navy Yard Oral Histories | Episode 124

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, we are listening to the voices of men and women who lived through the war in Brooklyn. We …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Waterfront
World War II

“Manhattan Beach”: The Brooklyn Navy Yard of World War II with Jennifer Egan | Episode 66

Take a virtual tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard in World War II with Jennifer Egan, author of the award-winning novel Manhattan Beach, and our own resident historian, Andrew Gustafson. …

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The History of NYC Public Markets, Part 2 | Episode 22

Take a deep dive into the history of New York City’s public markets, which have their origins in a vast food distribution system set up by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in …

Public Markets
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The first and second floors of the Essex Market with a historic neon sign from the Orchard Essex Meat Market

Clayton Colefield and the Building of USS Missouri

They say a Navy ship has three birthdays: its keel-laying, its launching, and its commissioning. The World War II-era battleship USS Missouri has one more, its recommission in 1986 as part …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Shipspotting
Waterfront
World War II

Black and white photo of five naval officers standing on a large metal plate, one of them turning a long handle attached to a riveting machine.

From Fulton to Constellation: The Worst Accidents in the History of the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Today marks the 57th anniversary of perhaps the darkest day in the history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. To commemorate the fire on board the USS Constellation, we are going …

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Shipspotting

The Port Chicago Disaster: Race and the Navy in World War II

This summer marks the 70th anniversary of the tragic events of Port Chicago, California, the worst home front disaster of World War II. 320 people were killed, most of them US Navy sailors, …

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Waterfront
World War II

From USS Wrangell to Turnstile Tours, “The Saga of Salty Sam” Continues

Update, February 20, 2024: Sadly, we lost Salty earlier this year, but she will forever live on in our hearts. Last month, we at Turnstile Tours had the pleasure of …

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Salty, a dog with pointy black ears, a black half-mask and white fur.

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