Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park

Palisade Av, Johnson Av, Edsall Ave

Bronx

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This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

What was here before?
This was the property of Issac Gail Johnson, owner of the world-renowned Isaac G. Johnson & Co. Ironworks. It was established during the Civil War and it perfected the Delafield cannon. The Park is in view of the former site of the foundry, which bordered the Spuyten Duyvil Canal (upper Harlem River). In 1919, to facilitate ship traffic up the Hudson River, legislation was passed to straighten the Canal. The Ironworks was condemned, and the area reverted to a quiet, semi-rural village. To this day, several picturesque country houses still stand directly across from the north entrance to the park, on Edsall Avenue.

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