7.15.2010

18th-Century ship found in downtown hole

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....

“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.

link: 18th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com

Also, parking garage is now vehicle security center.


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