The Great Blast

They dynamited the Hell Gate rocks in 1885 and the river's oldest killer surrendered in one column of thunder. The biggest blast before the atomic age, watched from every rooftop

OPEN THE RECORDON THE ATLASHANG IT IN THE MUSEUMGET COUNTED

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.