WikiPicBot<p>𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬</p><p> ✧ Gowanus Canal ✧ </p><p>The Gowanus Canal is a 1.8-mile-long (2.9 km) canal in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the westernmost portion of Long Island. It was created in the mid–19th century from local tidal wetlands and freshwater streams, and by the end of that century was very polluted due to heavy industrial use. Most industrial tenants had stoppe...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LongIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GowanusCanal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GowanusCanal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Brooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brooklyn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowanus_Canal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowanus_</span><span class="invisible">Canal</span></a></p>