Obibyn23 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/14/ship-buried-th-century-unearthed-wtc-site/ NEW YORK -- Workers at the World Trade Center site are excavating a 32-foot-long ship hull that apparently was used in the 18th century as part of the fill that extended lower Manhattan into the Hudson River.It's hoped the artifact can be retrieved by the end of the day on Thursday, said archaeologist Molly McDonald. A boat specialist was going to the site to take a look at it. McDonald said she wanted to at least salvage some timbers; it was unclear if any large portions could be lifted intact. "We're mostly clearing it by hand because it's kind of fragile," she said, but construction equipment could be used later in the process. McDonald and archaeologist A. Michael Pappalardo were at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks when the discovery was made Tuesday morning. "We noticed curved timbers that a back hoe brought up," McDonald said Wednesday. "We quickly found the rib of a vessel and continued to clear it away and expose the hull over the last two days." The two archeologists work for AKRF, a firm hired to document artifacts discovered at the site. They called the find significant but said more study was needed to determine the age of the ship. "We're going to send timber samples to a laboratory to do dendrochronology that will help us to get a sense of when the boat was constructed," said McDonald. Dendrochronology is the science that uses tree rings to determine dates and chronological order. A 100-pound anchor was found a few yards from the ship hull on Wednesday, but they're not sure if it belongs to the ship. It's 3 to 4 feet across, McDonald said. The archaeologists are racing to record and analyze the vessel before the delicate wood, now exposed to air, begins to deteriorate. "I kept thinking of how closely it came to being destroyed," Pappalardo said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 So now the port authority has turned it into an archeological dig. What a cluster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 We'll be dead and buried before that site is finished. Great sig in the OP, though. That helps a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdskn4Lyf21 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 All I see here is "Redskins Football" and I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 All I see here is "Redskins Football" and I like it. Totally agree. Great thread. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassSkinsFan Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 So now the port authority has turned it into an archeological dig. What a cluster. It's things like this that make Project Management such a howlin' good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johns Bass Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Loose hips sink ships??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianm23 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 OMG!! THEY FOUND NOAH'S ARK!!!! no.....not really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 They didn't find Fred Smoot down there with it, did they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 They didn't find Fred Smoot down there with it, did they? Maybe Cedric Benson crashed it there. :whoknows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Maybe Cedric Benson crashed it there. LOL All jokes aside, I think it's extremely cool that this was discovered. Yes it's a pain the ass that they now have to deal with Archaeologists, but stuff like this boggles my mind..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johns Bass Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Maybe Cedric Benson crashed it there. :whoknows: Nah...someone stole it from Charlie Sheen and crashed it there...happens all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubbs Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 They didn't find Fred Smoot down there with it, did they? No, they found these guys instead: <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avaSdC0QOUM&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avaSdC0QOUM&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardi gras skin Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 a damaged 32' 18th century boat hull is a big deal? eh. whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy Burner Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 They finally found this dude's boat. He's been looking for it for the last 230 or so years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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