Title The ship that held up Wall Street : the Ronson ship wreck / Warren C. Riess with Sheli O. Smith

Edition First edition Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2014 ©2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series. 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 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 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 two hundred 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Ronson Ship (Merchant ship : 18th century) SUBJECT Ronson Ship (Merchant ship : 18th century) fast Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State) -- New York Merchant ships -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century Ships, Wooden -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century Underwater archaeology -- New York (State) -- New York SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography. TRAVEL -- Budget. TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks. TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds. Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) Merchant ships Ships, Wooden Underwater archaeology SUBJECT Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Antiquities Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Manhattan Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2014012476 ISBN 9781623492267 1623492262

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