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The ship that held up Wall Street : the Ronson ship wreck / Warren C. Riess with Sheli O. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riess, Warren, author.
- Smith, Sheli O., author.
- Series:
- Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
- Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Excavations (Archaeology)--New York (State)--New York.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Merchant ships--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- Merchant ships.
- Ships, Wooden--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- Ships, Wooden.
- Underwater archaeology--New York (State)--New York.
- Underwater archaeology.
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Antiquities.
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.).
- Ronson Ship (Merchant ship : 18th century).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (114 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 of 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 who
- Contents:
- A ship in Manhattan
- Atlantic and Manhattan history
- February, major excavation operations
- Preservation for the future
- A close look at the ship
- Identifying the ship
- Princess Carolina
- Development of 175 Water Street, Manhattan
- Postscript
- Notes
- Glossary of ship and archaeology terms used.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62349-226-2
- OCLC:
- 896123489
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