Boston City Archaeologist Joe Bagley is posting photos of the 19th-century stuff he and other folks are finding today at the site of the shipwreck uncovered during construction of a new building on Seaport Boulevard.
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Both links go to the earlier
By Saul
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 2:44pm
Both links go to the earlier UHub page.
Grr, sorry
By adamg
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 3:14pm
First link fixed.
18th or 19th?
By King.of.Brighton
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 3:20pm
Hey Adam!
Just going thru those photos (thanks for posting the link by the way--very cool stuff), but is most of what they're finding 18th or 19th century artifacts?
Sigh, 19th
By adamg
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 3:34pm
My eyes saw "19th," but my fingers typed "18th." I'll blame the heat.
Thanks for clarifying
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 9:35pm
I read one article that said "mid-1800s".
I have to wonder if this boat was damaged in the Great Fire and was scuttled, then filled-over shortly thereafter?
The Derelict "Neptune"
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 05/27/2016 - 10:05am
I went down the Google rabbit hole last night, wondering how common it was for lime bearing ships to catch fire and be scuttled.
Google handed me this short story called The Derelict "Neptune".
It is from 1900, and is chemistry-geek satisfying and an interesting yarn overall.
Between this story and the boiler explosions article, I probably would have enjoyed this magazine.
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