Ancient Ship, Once Landfilled, Found at WTC Site

Date: July 16, 2010

Source: News Room

An old ship, believed to date from the 1700s, was discovered at the construction site of the new World Trade Center in Manhattan. As reported in the Associated Press, a 32-foot piece of the vessel was found in soil 20 feet below street level at the site of what was once landfill used to expand the then tiny island into the Hudson River basin. Archeologists, already at work excavating it, have also discovered a 100-pound iron anchor nearby. A similar find was made in 1982, when archaeologists found an 18th-century cargo ship on Water Street.

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