I know who lost those... I didn't know they were that old...
Any graffiti?
Cool.
Fascinating.
Screw the Fawgin' wall you fawgin fawg!!!
It's ironic for me to read this today. I was just reading about the defense of New York during the Rev War in "The Glorious Cause" by Jeff Shaara.
I highly recommend this book and its prequel "Rise to Rebellion".
Weren't New Yorkers mostly Loyalists? ;-)
Whorealdo!!,,,Calling Whorealdo!!! What's on the other side sir?
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Well guess that stops the subway tunneling..... or at least it would in most other parts of the country or at least if it was a private land owner, farmer, etc wanting to build something.
This is so cool! Thanks for the awesome posts!
I know who lost those... I didn't know they were that old...
bttt
Well, at least it wasn't an "African burial ground" like the one found in the Dinkins administration. Did they finally build on that plot of land?
George Wasington slept there possibly?
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The AP story...
Subway Workers Unearth N.Y. History
By RICHARD PYLE
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Workers extending a subway tunnel have unearthed a section of stone wall believed to be part of fortifications from New York's pre-Revolutionary War era, city parks officials said on Wednesday.
The mortared stone wall is more than 40 feet long and 7 feet thick and is 10 feet below the surface of Battery Park near the southern tip of Manhattan, according to preliminary inspections.
It appears to be part of a gun emplacement connected to one of several forts, dating from the early 17th century, that gave Battery Park its name, officials said.
Samples of the stone and crumbled mortar were taken for study by archaeologists of the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission. Other items found at the site were pipe stems and a British halfpenny coin bearing the likeness of King George II and dated 1744, a parks department spokesman said.
"We knew the present-day Battery was built upon older forts, but we never imagined that such a large portion of this gun battery could survive for so many years beneath the ground," Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe said.
Dutch settlers built the first forts after founding New Amsterdam in 1623.
The discovery was not expected to halt work on the subway.
"They'll work around it," Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Brian Dolan said.
I hate to ask, but where is the wall in the pic?? I am not expecting to see it standing there, but the top of it side, where??