Some Old Images of the Reservoir

Here are some great images that I found on the Brooklyn Museum's digital collection website:

Caption: George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845-1887). Ridgewood Reservoir, Brooklyn, ca. 1872-1887.

This was taken prior to the addition of basin 3. The view is from the north-west corner facing the gatehouse between basins 1 and 2. Today you would be standing in the middle of the Jackie Robinson Parkway.

Caption: George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845-1887). View from the Influx, Ridgewood, Brooklyn, ca. 1872-1887.

Caption: George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845-1887). Entrance of to Ridgewood Reservoir, Brooklyn, June 23, 1874.

Caption: George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845-1887). Reservoir Engine House from East End, Ridgewood, Brooklyn, July 23, 1874.

Brooklyn Water Works, Pumping Station, Ridgewood, 1899. Near 1 Wells Street. The Ridgewood pumping station opened in the 1860s; this building was added to the south side in 1890. It was cleared in the 1940s to make way for Conduit Boulevard construction and the new East New York Vocational High School.


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