This map shows several mill ponds and sections in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn in the early 1800s. It depicts Freeke's Mill Pond, Coles Mill Pond, Denton's (Yellow) Mill Pond, the 7th Street Basin, and the 4th Street Basin. It also shows when the Gowanus Canal was built in 1848 to connect the mill ponds and basins.

1. Freeke’s
Mill Pond
2nd Street
Basin
No
w
Fil
led
Coles Mill Se
cti
on
Pond
Denton’s
(Yellow)
Mill Pond
Go
20 wan
09 us
- w Ca
ha na
tw l
as
No bu
w ilt
Fil
led
Se
cti No
on w
Fil
led
Se
cti
on
7th Street
Basin 4th Street
Basin
Feet Proteus Gowanus
0 200
1848