Posted on 08/06/2011 5:14:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists helping to excavate the World Trade Center site have uncovered a second piece of the more than 200-year-old ship that was discovered there last summer.
The find, made last Friday, came as workers began digging up the east side of the construction area, which once housed the World Trade Center complex...
Archaeologists first noticed remnants of the ship -- curved pieces of wood buried 25 feet below street level -- last July and spent two weeks excavating the artifact, which turned out to be a 32-foot-long section of the boat's hull.
The piece that was found last Friday belongs to the very front of the ship, providing crucial clues as to its size, shape and, therefore, use, according to Pappalardo... who now estimates that the ship was 50 feet long at its base and 60 feet long on the deck...
Scientists from AKRF spent two days removing the newest piece, which measures roughly 6 feet long, 3 to 5 feet wide and approximately 1 foot tall.
It was still being stored at a facility in New York as of Thursday morning, but it will soon be reunited with the rest of the ship's remains at Texas A&M's Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation
(Excerpt) Read more at dnainfo.com ...
It was one of them double on - taun - drahs.
And I feel that arrows always get right to the point.
Yeah, that was kinda careless of me.
Thanks Tainan.
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