Workers Unearth 19th-Century Shipwreck Beneath a Road in Florida

intensely_human, 8 months ago

So uh … how does a ship sink on land? Was the sea level higher then? Is the ship between low and high tide lines? Was there a tsunami?

CouncilOfFriends, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

Just a guess, if I was turning an irrigation canal into a road and there was a boat sunk in the mud I would likely put fill on top and call it good. St. Augustine is right on the coast, and Florida’s highest elevation is 345 feet so canals are more common around the wetlands

intensely_human, 8 months ago

Are canals at sea level, and now diked off to be dry? Or would they have had locks back when this ship was sailing?