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The Bronx River (not to be confused with the Bronx Swamp) used to be famous for the smell, which, in the immortal words used by journalist Guy Trebay, "could gag a maggot." It always made me wonder what might be beneath the surface. Well, the people at the Bronx River Alliance know: they've been dredging things up from the bottom of the river since the 1970s. And in quantity: "Our tire count is around 70,000," said Anne-Marie Runfola, Deputy Director of the BRA.