Ship Wreck......

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While cleaning up from the world trade centers falling, crews found a shipwreck 7ft below the foundation that dated back to 1773.

http://i.imgur.com/bFUmoNy.jpg

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This 32ft-long vessel was found in July 2010 and probably used along with other debris to fill in land to extend New York City into the Hudson River.


An anchor weighing seven stone (98 lbs) was also discovered at the site, although investigators said it was unclear whether it belonged to the newly-unearthed ship.


Archaeologists Molly McDonald and A. Michael Pappalardo examined the ship when it was found by staff about 30ft below street level in a planned underground vehicle security centre.


They also found a leather shoe sole




A new report (in 2014) finds that tree rings in those waterlogged ribs show the vessel was likely built in 1773, or soon after, in a small shipyard near Philadelphia.


The ship was perhaps made from the same kind of white oak trees used to build parts of Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were signed,