Scott,
I read online this morning that an 18th century ship hull was found on the WTC site? Any photos you can share of this? I thought this would have been found back when the original WTC was built?
Paul
Not any pic's, but the story.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/15/national/main6680551.shtml?tag=mncol;lst;1
So apparently this ship was placed there as "fill." It was just trash at the time so it got thrown in to fill the land and extend into the Hudson.
Goes to once again prove:
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Try this link for video:
http://www.comcast.net/video/historic-find-under-ground-zero/1544293633/Comcast/1544306110/
Just the other day, the excavators exposed the old North River seawall, which was built in the late 1890's. It will be removed to accommodate a tunnel under West Street between the WTC site and the World Financial Center.
As New York harbor developed, they would fill in rotting piers and build them further out into the river. If ships were derelict, or burned, or been abandoned at port, they would just be sunk, and used as part of the landfill, which is probably what happened to this ship.
Last summer, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of Manhattan, the City painted blue lines at the location of the original (i.e., natural, pre-colonial) shoreline. One set of lines wound up outside the steps to our favorite restaurant.....which is three blocks (about 700 feet) from the current waterfront.
Geographically that area is a delta and sand bar that came and went before the city grew and more waterfront was filled for the growth of the city.
They found my anchor, too!!!