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The Ship That Held Up Wall Street

Thursday, April 25, 2024

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT

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Presenter

Warren Curtis Riess
Maritime historian & archaeologist

About the Lecture

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, Princess Carolina proved to be the first major discovery of a colonial merchant ship.

A book signing follows the Q&A.

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Registration information:

Advance registration is required whether you attend the lecture in person or online. Evening lectures will be in person in the Main Lobby and livestreamed.

In person 

Doors open at 6 p.m.
Free for Museum Members. $10 for guests

Virtual

This lecture is livestreamed
and free to watch online

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