Ferry Riders, ca.
1880
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Historical Chronology, 1642 - 2000
Industrial Boom Years
1836: Bulkhead line along the East River
Shore is established under the recommendation of General Swift.
1839: The New York and Fulton Ferry Company
is organized, uniting the South Ferry with Fulton Ferry.
1844: The Brooklyn Union Ferry Company
is formed by Henry E. Pierrepont.
1850: The Third Landfill: The area between
the old Plymouth Street and the shore (present site of the
park has been created by landfill at some point between 1834
and 1850. Warehouses occupy the site.
1853: Brooklyn City Railroad Company
is incorporated. Twelve lines, which converge on Fulton Ferry,
extend out to the towns and village of: Greenpoint, Green-wood,
East New York, Fort Hamilton, Hamilton Ferry, Powers Street,
and to Fulton Myrtle, Gates, Flushing, Flatbush, and Graham
Avenues.
1854: The Fulton, South, Main, and Hamilton
Avenue Ferries merge to form the Union Ferry Company of Brooklyn.
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DUMBO Industry List
Ajax Iron and Wire Co.
American Tea Co.
Arbuckle Coffee Mill/Sugar Refinery
E.W. Bliss Machine Works/Foundry Boorum & Pease
Co.
Boss Manufacturing Co.
Brillo
Brooklyn White Lead Co.
E. Burt Shoe Co.
Campbell & Thayer Linseed Oil Factory
W.B. Conrad & Co.
Dan W. Feitel Bag Co.
Electrose Manufacturing Co.
General Typewriter Exchange
Howard & Fuller Brewing Co.
Hubbard & Carpenter Steam Pumps
Improved Mailing Case Co.
Ketchum & McDougall
Kirkman & Son Soap Co.
Lightfoot-Schulty Co.
Matchless Brass Co.
Mercereau Tin Box Manufacturing Co.
Miller & Van Winkle
National Licorice Co.
Phillips-Doup & Co.
Louis B. Prahar
S. Rawister & Co.
Roy Watch Case Co.
S. Sternau Co.
Union Lead & Oil Co.
A. Zaracas Sons Macaroni
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1854: By this date, the site has grown
into an industrial and manufacturing area. The brick Empire
Stores (perhaps the first) occupy about half a block west
of Main Street between Water Street and the shore. Adjacent
to them on their immediate west is Litchfield's storage and
a couple of other stores. To the west further (starting at
about the line of Dock Street) is a line of small framed dwellings
along Water Street. Behind these dwellings is the Marston
and Powers Complex which includes a wood yard, marble yard,
and huge coal yard. Birbeck's Iron Foundry complex is located
across Water Street from Marston and Powers.
1855: James Nesmith begins to acquire
the major portion of the land on which the Empire Stores stand.
1869: By this date, the Empire Stores
occupy the entire block between Main and Dock Streets on the
north side of Water Street. The area between Dock Street and
Fulton Landing is occupied by the Fulton Stores and a coal
yard.
1869-70: Nesmith begins construction
of the four four-story warehouses (the eastern section toward
Dock Street).
1869: Construction of the Brooklyn tower
of Roebling's great bridge begins.
1870: By this date, the two five-story
and one one-story Tobacco Warehouses have been built. The
warehouses seem perilously close to the construction of the
Brooklyn Bridge.
1883: On 24 May, the Brooklyn Bridge
is formally opened with great festivity.
1885: James Nesmith's son, Henry Nesmith,
commissions Brooklyn architect Thomas Stone to design and
build the 5-story section of the Empire Stores (toward Main
Street).
1886: By this date, the Empire Stores
occupies the entire block between Main and Dock Streets and
Water and Plymouth Streets. West of Dock is the five-story
Brooklyn Tobacco Inspection Warehouse and north of that is
the huge one-story tobacco inspection warehouse. Adjacent
to the five-story warehouse is a curious little office building
and the long, thin, wood framed coal shed belonging to Marston
and Powers.
1889: On April 20, the entire block between
Dock Street and Main and Water and Plymouth Streets is transferred
from James Nesmith and George Baxter to James Nesmith and
his son, Henry (1828-1901).
1895: James and Henry Nesmith sell their
property to the Brooklyn Wharf & Warehouse Company.
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