City Park from Thompson & Norris Company's building
- Object Type
- Photograph
- Object ID
- 6699
- Date
- July 12 1917
- Description
- City Park, renamed Commodore Barry Park in 1951, is the oldest park in Brooklyn. The Navy Yard and Admiral's Row along Flushing Avenue are in the background. Thompson & Norris Corrugated Paper Company was founded in 1875 and had locations on Concord and Prince Streets in Brooklyn. They were pioneers in the manufacture of corrugated paper, and the company was the first manufacturer of corrugated paper in the United States.
- Related Collection
- Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments
- Naval ID
- f644n384
- Subjects
- Boundaries, Exteriors, General Overview, Power Plant, Razed Buildings
- Buildings
- Admirals Row, Buildings → Building 128 - Machine Shop, Buildings → Building 132 - Locomotive Shed, Pattern Storage, Garage, Locomotive Repair Shed, Buildings → Building 24 - Ordnance, Storehouse, Post Office, Sail and Flag Loft, Sheetmetal Shop, Buildings → Building 29 - Foundry, Buildings → Building 41 - Central Power Plant, Buildings → Building 530 - Round House
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