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Attracted to the area’s abundant water sources, the Dutch began settling this area in the 1640s. The settlers were farmers and used the waterways to create an irrigation system. By 1700, Spring Fields was a small farm hamlet composed of several homes assembled around dirt roads. By 1750, a sawmill and gristmill (located at Springfield Pond and 147th Avenue) were in operation.
By the mid-1800s southeastern Queens was home to approximately 2,000 residents, many of whom provided produce to much of present-day Manhattan and Brooklyn through World War I. In anticipation of the need for infrastructure, the New York City Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity acquired land. On this land they built multiple buildings for a pumping station next to Springfield Pond which was connected to Springfield Creek.
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