Learn About a Time When Tidal Mills Made Brooklyn Move
While they have disappeared from the landscape, there was a time when the tide mills of Brooklyn provided the grinding power for the borough’s food production.
Mills along the Gowanus as they were before the Revolutionary War. Illustration via New York Public Library
While they have disappeared from the landscape, there was a time when the tide mills of Brooklyn provided the grinding power for the borough’s food production.
You can learn more about this largely forgotten bit of technological history with “Brooklyn’s Forgotten Sustainable Energy: Tide Mills,” a discussion by archaeologist Alyssa Loorya, historian Eymund Diegel and the Gowanus Dredgers. The location is apt, as mills once captured the power of the moving tides of the Gowanus creek to grind wheat for flour production.
The discussion takes place on Wednesday, January 30 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse at 165 2nd Street. For more information visit the Gowanus Dredgers website.
Related Stories
- Advocates Share Their Words of Wisdom on Gaining Green Spaces for the People
- Dive Into the World of Walt Whitman at a Live Podcast Recording With The Bowery Boys
- Learning From the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Teachers Strike That Changed New York
Email tips@brownstoner.com with further comments, questions or tips. Follow Brownstoner on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook.
What's Your Take? Leave a Comment