1908: The Dog Detectives of the Long Island Railroad Police Force » WattPond

Gristmill at Watt's Pond

The bloodhounds’ noses led them to the Clear Stream Pumping Station at Watt’s Pond, which was erected in 1881 on land previously occupied by the Wright family grist mill. Today it’s the Edward W. Cahill Memorial Park (formerly Mill Pond Park. Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection

George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845-1887). Mill on Watt’s Pond, Valley Stream, Long Island, ca. 1872-1887. Collodion silver glass wet plate negative Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection, 1996.164.2-41