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Laid up for winter - canal-boat colony in Coenties Slip, East River.
Newspaper engraving found on page 104 of Harper's Weekly, dated February 16, 1884. Because winter travel on the canal was difficult, many canal boats laid up along the New York waterways. This scene depicts everyday activities among the canal…
Shipment of grain and flour. From Sketches by C.A. Keetels. Including Scene on the great flour docks, Coenties Slip, east river, New York. a nd Grain-elevator transferring cargo from a canal-boat to a ship.
Newspaper engravings found on page 1012 of Harper's Weekly dated November 15, 1873. Found on this page are two illustrations, the upper one depicting a scene on the flour docks on Coenties Slip, New York. The bottom illustration shows grain being…