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Dyckman Street sewer

Located next to an open sewer the Inwood Bathing Beach at Dyckman Street at the Hudson River was a seasonal favorite. Photo from 1906.

Turn of the century photo of the Dyckman Street sewer outflow by Robert Veitch. (From collection of Jason Covert)

Dyckman Street sewage treatment plat highlighted in 1936 photo.

Dyckman Street sewage plant construction, 1916, NYPL