Crews To Remove WTC Ship From Site
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A ship found at the World Trade Center site is on the move again after spending the past 300 years underground.
Archaeologists and workers are beginning to take apart the ship, which dates to the 1700s.
It was found by construction workers excavating for a parking garage at the World Trade Center site.
The 32-foot ship will be taken to a lab in Maryland for research, but scientists say it was probably once used to deliver goods to merchants in the city.
"It could have been a storm, it could have been vandalism, it could have been any number of things that cause it to sink. It could have been age, and when it was deposited here, they thought oh no just go ahead and since when they were filling in the city to expand the water line, they just went ahead and filled right over it," said Head Conservator Nichole Doub.
It will take several days to pack up the ship.
The process will not affect construction at the site.