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- The Ship That Held Up Wall Street: The Ronson Ship Wreck
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
- Series: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
summary
In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan found the remains of an eighteenth-century ship. Uncertain what they had found or what its value might be, they called in two nautical archaeologists—Warren Riess and Sheli Smith—to direct the excavation and analysis of the ship’s remains. As it turned out, the mystery ship’s age and type meant that its careful study would help answer some important questions about the commerce and transportation of an earlier era of American history.
The Ship that Held Up Wall Street tells the whole story of the discovery, excavation, and study of what came to be called the “Ronson ship site,” named for the site’s developer, Howard Ronson. Entombed for more than 200 years, the Princess Carolina proved to be the first major discovery of a colonial merchant ship.
Years of arduous analytical work have led to critical breakthroughs revealing how the ship was designed and constructed, its probable identity as a vessel built in Charleston, South Carolina, its history as a merchant ship, and why and how it came to be buried in Manhattan.
The Ship that Held Up Wall Street tells the whole story of the discovery, excavation, and study of what came to be called the “Ronson ship site,” named for the site’s developer, Howard Ronson. Entombed for more than 200 years, the Princess Carolina proved to be the first major discovery of a colonial merchant ship.
Years of arduous analytical work have led to critical breakthroughs revealing how the ship was designed and constructed, its probable identity as a vessel built in Charleston, South Carolina, its history as a merchant ship, and why and how it came to be buried in Manhattan.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- Ch. 1 A Ship in Manhattan
- pp. 1-8
- Ch. 4 Preservation for the Future
- pp. 27-32
- Ch. 5 A Close Look at the Ship
- pp. 33-48
- Ch. 6 Identifiying the Ship
- pp. 49-60
- Ch. 7 Princess Carolina
- pp. 61-76
- Postscript
- pp. 85-86
Additional Information
ISBN
9781623492267
Related ISBN(s)
9781623491888
MARC Record
OCLC
896123489
Pages
128
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-13
Language
English
Open Access
No