Religions > Atheism > OT: [NY} Subway Tunnel Work Uncovers 18th Century Wall [from forts which gave battery park it's name-revolutionary war]
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23 Jan 2006 07:24:27 PM |
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OT: [NY} Subway Tunnel Work Uncovers 18th Century Wall [from forts which gave battery park it's name-revolutionary war] |
http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_023110849.html
Subway Tunnel Work Uncovers 18th Century Wall
Jan 23, 2006 11:02 am US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) For the second time in as many months, workers
excavating a subway tunnel on the southern tip of Manhattan struck what
is believed to be a pre-Revolutionary War stone wall. New York City
officials are still unsure of the exact date of the wall or its purpose,
but agree that, like the first wall, it should be preserved.
Parks commissioner Adrain Benepe says It's a historic wall of some kind.
The first wall was uncovered in November and workers stumbled on the
second wall in late December while digging up Battery Park for the $400
million subway project to modernize the 1905-vintage South Ferry
Station.
The Lower Manhattan Recovery Office said excavation of the subway tunnel
could continue once the pieces of the two walls are cataloged, carefully
removed and stored in crates. The work is expected to be completed by
early February.
The mortared stone wall found in November is more than 40 feet long and
7 feet wide and reaches down to bedrock.
Officials said the wall appeared to be part of a gun emplacement
connected with one of the several forts, dating from the early 17th
century, that gave Battery Park its name.
The second wall is longer and taller and appears to have been
constructed with logs near its base.
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at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
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