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Mount Prospect Water Tower, Brooklyn

1 historical photo taken here in 1905.

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    Mount Prospect Water Tower

    1905

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Mount Prospect Water Tower, 1905

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Mount Prospect Water Tower

1905

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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