Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y. /

Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y. /

The film was photographed from a boat going around Riker's Island. Located on the East River north of Hell Gate between the Bronx and Queens, Riker's Island was the site of a massive New York City landfill operation at the time of the filming (originally eighty-seven acres, by 1939 the siz...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Other Authors: Porter, Edwin S. (camera.)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.
Series:New York at the turn of the century
American history in video
Subjects:
Barges > New York (State) > New York.
Construction equipment > New York (State) > New York.
Islands > New York (State) > New York.
Narrow gauge railroads > New York (State) > New York.
Refuse and refuse disposal > New York (State) > New York.
Rivers > New York (State) > New York.
Sanitary landfills > New York (State) > New York.
Waste disposal sites > New York (State) > New York.
East River (N.Y.)
Rikers Island (N.Y.)
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