"Amite, La. (Sept. 9, 2003) -- Workers pour steel into a mold to form the bow stem of the Amphibious Transport Dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) as guests watch.
About 24 tons of steel was salvaged from the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Approximately 10-percent of the steel was lost when the foundry superheated the 48,780 pounds of steel to 2,850 degrees Fahrenheit.
U.S. Navy photo Photographer's Mate 2nd Class George Trian. (RELEASED)
USS New York under construction, posted on 02/07/2007 by ArrogantBustard
Artist conception of amphibious assault ship USS New York, built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center
New York City (May 28, 2002) -- Construction workers carefully lower the last piece of debris to be removed from “Ground Zero."
The event marked the final removal of the last remaining World Trade Center structure, Column Number 1001B of Two World Trade Center.
The 30-foot column remained standing following the collapse of the twin towers, when terrorists flew two commercial airliners into both skyscrapers on Sept. 11, 2001.
The resulting collapse created a mountain of 1.8 million tons of steel and concrete.
More than 3,000 people perished in the attack.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Bob Houlihan. (RELEASED)
posted on 04/03/2006 by hedgetrimmer