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‘Diamond Reef is No More’: Clearing New York City’s Harbor Reefs

What follows is a article first published in Scientific American, December 23, 1871. The removal of obstructive rocks from the narrow East River strait of Hell Gate began in 1849 and was accelerated in 1851 when the U.S. Army Corps...

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