Gowanus Canal Polluter Fined $750....In 1951

The Gowanus Canal 1952
Photo Credit: Brooklyn Public Library Archive

From the New York Times

$750 for polluting the waters of the Gowanus Canal nine times? Even in 1950's terms, that sounds like a rather small amount of money.

The polluter? Brooklyn Union Gas, which was responsible for polluting the Public Place site, where it operated a coal gasification plant. Brooklyn Union became Keyspan and is now National Grid.

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