04/06/2026
Construction of the Atlantic Basin Docks began June 3, 1841. It was the brainchild of Col. Daniel Richards.
Richards realized that the completion of the Erie Canal, connecting New York Harbor with the Great Lakes โ and all the farms, produce, lumber in between - would necessitate a new terminus port. Manhattanโs ports were already old and congested, and, even back then, buying land was expensive. but Brooklynโs Red Hook was right across the river โ and that is where a protected basin, docks and, a few years later, fireproof warehouses were built.
Read more about this at https://redhookwaterstories.org/items/browse?tags=Atlantic+Dock+Company
Lots more about the Atlantic Dock, its history and changes over time in RedHookWaterstories.org. Look out for more history teasers, from me, Peter, in the weeks to come.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ 42 ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ 150 ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด.- ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ
