“Tide Mills: Green Energy from the Colonial Era” takes viewers around New York City, highlighting local tide mill histories with historical maps, photos and diagrams.
It first became available on YouTube last fall when Brad Vogel teamed up with Stefan Dreisbach-Williams to develop this virtual tour of several tide mill sites in the boroughs of New York City. The 60-minute presentation brings the mill sites to life and places them in context with the larger history of the area.
Brad is a leader of Tide Mill Institute’s New York Chapter and a director of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club. Stefan is on the tourguide staff of Turnstyle Tours, which conducts public tour programs and research in partnership with nonprofit organizations in New York. Viewers of the presentation will see that both men are passionate and knowledgeable about the region’s history.