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Ship buried in 18th century unearthed at WTC site
Democrat Herald (Albany) ^

Posted on 07/14/2010 8:19:59 PM PDT by Lorianne

Workers excavating at the World Trade Center site have unearthed the 32-foot-long hull of a ship likely buried in the 18th century.

Archeologists say the vessel probably was used along with other debris to fill in land to extend lower Manhattan into the Hudson River.

Archeologists Molly McDonald and A. Michael Pappalardo were at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday morning when workers uncovered the artifacts. They call the find significant but say more study is needed to determine the age of the ship.

The two archeologists work for AKRF, a firm hired to document artifacts discovered at the site. They found a 100-pound boat anchor in the same area on Wednesday, but they're not sure if it belongs to the ship.


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: aechaeology; anchor; godsgravesglyphs; groundzero; newyork; ship; sunkenship; wtc
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1 posted on 07/14/2010 8:20:03 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: SunkenCiv

Pong


2 posted on 07/14/2010 8:20:50 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Lorianne

Historical site, no mosque.


3 posted on 07/14/2010 8:21:04 PM PDT by wastedyears (The Founders revolted for less.)
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To: Lorianne
Does that mean the mosque can be stopped?
4 posted on 07/14/2010 8:23:36 PM PDT by svcw (True freedom cannot be granted by any man or government, only by Christ.)
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5 posted on 07/14/2010 8:23:48 PM PDT by Palter (Kilroy was here.)
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To: Lorianne

Cool... 18th century? Would love to find out more about it.


6 posted on 07/14/2010 8:24:04 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Pharmboy

Ping!


7 posted on 07/14/2010 8:24:51 PM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Ramius

I remember hearing that when they excavated the site to build the first WTC at the site, they found the hull of another old ship then too (late 60’s or 1970).


8 posted on 07/14/2010 8:29:04 PM PDT by passionfruit (When illegals become legal, even they won't do the work Americans won't do)
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To: Lorianne

When the new mosques are finished and blasting infidels from loudspeakers, there will still be the 9-11 hole for them to be thanful for.

argh


9 posted on 07/14/2010 8:29:15 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: Lorianne

Thirty-two feet is not a ship... And in the 17th century “ship” was a type of rigging (three masted, square sails).


10 posted on 07/14/2010 8:31:06 PM PDT by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!)
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To: wastedyears

Maybe they will find some Freemason tools and a shield or two of the Knights from the Crusades, on the site chosen for the Mosque.


11 posted on 07/14/2010 8:31:53 PM PDT by pennboricua
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To: wastedyears

Historical site, no mosque.


If they ever build a mosque there, I will take a trip there to use the restroom like I’ve never used the restroom in my life.

Also, the place should be annointed with pork grease.


12 posted on 07/14/2010 8:35:24 PM PDT by boycott (CAL)
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To: Palter


13 posted on 07/14/2010 8:37:25 PM PDT by Palter (Kilroy was here.)
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To: passionfruit

The name of that ship was the Tyger.

It was originally discovered when a subway was being excavated in the same area in the early twentieth century.

The rudder had been on display in a case inside the World Trade Center, but was probably destroyed with the WTC on 911.


14 posted on 07/14/2010 8:41:53 PM PDT by Age of Reason
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To: Lorianne

Did NYC not keep any kind of record on using ships to fill that area?


15 posted on 07/14/2010 8:46:42 PM PDT by YellowRoseofTx (Evil is not the opposite of God; it's the absence of God)
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To: passionfruit
So you're saying that the men who built the WTC knew that the ground on which they were about to erect two 114 story buildings was landfill?!! WTF? In San Francisco, in the Loma Prieta quake of 1989, the only part of town where buildings collapsed was the Marina district, which was built on landfill.

Maybe this is why the towers fell.

16 posted on 07/14/2010 8:47:19 PM PDT by giotto
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To: giotto

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Financial District of SF where the skyscrapers are are also built on landfill.


17 posted on 07/14/2010 8:56:09 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: giotto

Oh Please


18 posted on 07/14/2010 8:57:17 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: giotto

“So you’re saying that the men who built the WTC knew that the ground on which they were about to erect two 114 story buildings was landfill?!! WTF?”

Ah, but all landfill is not the same. First of all, NYC isn’t known for earthquakes. I think it’s extremely fitting that the twin World Trade Center towers were built upon centuries old artifacts that exemplified our country’s first forays into commerce.

Second, the Marina District was built upon haphazard rubble tossed from the 1906 earthquake without any forethought to its suitability as substructure.

Dollars and donuts.


19 posted on 07/14/2010 8:57:48 PM PDT by Tigerized (pursuingliberty.com)
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To: Tigerized
First of all, NYC isn’t known for earthquakes.

True, but being hit by a 767 must be equal to at least a medium size earthquake.

Second, the Marina District was built upon haphazard rubble tossed from the 1906 earthquake without any forethought to its suitability as substructure.

Dollars and donuts.

More like bagels and donuts. You can't compare any kind of landfill to solid bedrock, which is what New York skyscrapers were traditionally built on, as I understand it.

20 posted on 07/14/2010 9:04:15 PM PDT by giotto
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