NYT:
In the middle of tomorrow, a great ribbed ghost has emerged from a distant yesterday.Other pics and the rest of the story is HERE.
On Tuesday morning, workers excavating the site of the underground vehicle security center for the future World Trade Center hit a row of sturdy, upright wood timbers, regularly spaced, sticking out of a briny gray muck flecked with oyster shells.
Obviously, these were more than just remnants of the wooden cribbing used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to extend the shoreline of Manhattan Island ever farther into the Hudson River. (Lower Manhattan real estate was a precious commodity even then.)
“They were so perfectly contoured that they were clearly part of a ship,” said A. Michael Pappalardo, an archaeologist with the firm AKRF, which is working for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to document historical material uncovered during construction.
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I hadn't heard. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAnother fascinating piece of history from the past. I love this kind of story too. Makes you wonder what is beneath the surface of the ground we walk on here in LSD. Bob C. has been digging in his backyard in Milton has came up with some interesting artifacts from the past. He thinks the hole was beneath the former outhouse on his property. I made a planter out of one item. It will live on! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteJust found your Blog and can't believe that I am just hearing about this ship. That is so amazing!
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Mark,
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I love this kind of story too.
ReplyDeleteWith you and Ur-spo, I find this kind of thing fascinating. I had read the article. Such things always make me wonder what else is hidden out there. they also make me wonder about what took place when this boat sank(?) and if the folks then had any clue about it being buried and found 200 years later. ...or what of us will somehow be buried and not uncovered for centuries and what will people then think about us?
ReplyDeleteThanks guys, this kind of stuff makes me miss having access to Discovery, History, NatGeo, and others. Maybe again, someday.
ReplyDelete@Rick: the story broke while I was reading the Times at around 5 am, suddenly a small window popped up from the City Desk and there it was. A first draft misspellings and all. Only later did I hear the story on NPR.
@Mark: thanks for the visit. I will certainly check out your place.
@ Lemuel: Wonder that myself sometimes, if we don't blow ourselves up - at least our plastics will be around long after we're gone. Cheery thoughts!