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Podcast: Exploding Brooklyn
Episode: The Penny Bridge Disaster, The Bushwick Mystery, and Another Great Greenpoint Fire
Description: Bridge Gave Way, Penny Bridge Disaster, 1894Greenpoint Oil Fire Spreading, 1919You're Not Guilty But Don't Do It Again, 1909Newtown Creek Erecting Toll Bridge, 1802Fire On Land and Water, 1889France Must Pay Tax On Land Here, 1925Missing girl, part 4: Maggie Kueblein: The Bushwick Mystery, 1887Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus...