By The Red Hook WaterStories team
International Ship Fitting and Supply Co. was located at 27 India Wharf in the Atlanctic Basin, in the 1920s. They operated as a a ship chandler: offering engine room, deck, job and steward's steamship supplies. They also provided lighterage...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In 1910-1920, Coastwise Lumber & Supply Company was a wholesaler and retailer of lumber, including cordwood, dunnage boards and dunnage mats, advertising "steamship trade a specialty." They had two yards in Brooklyn: one at the foot of Clinton...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In the 1920s, several paint companies made their home in Red Hook. Following the New York Dock Company's construction of large concrete warehouses on Imlay Street, other companies built similar buildings nearby. Paint companies, such as the American...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In 1851, John Meddiger of Red Hook Point was employed as a sailmaker. In the 1850s most of the ships using Red Hook's ports, as elsewhere, were tall masted, wind powered vessels. "Meddiger John, sailmaker Red Hook Point"
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
R. J. Eckard, vice president and research director of C. A. Woolsley Paint and Color Co., had a large library of barnacles. The collection, started in the 1940s, was used to develop barnacle resistant paint that would ward off the many species...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Atlantic Oil Company, Incorporated May 1853 Capital $120,000 ...Van Dyke St Red Hook Point. President James Struthers [listed under heading Oil and Candle Companies]
