After 20 to 30 years of service, the World Trade Center ship was thought to have sailed to lower Manhattan, at a block west of Greenwich Street. 7 Online reports that the ship was probably buried as junk over 200 years ago, as filler to a landfill in the process of extending Manhattan into the Hudson River in the 1700s and 1800s.
According to the Daily Mail, the World Trade Center ship would have vanished from completely. However, due to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the WTC was excavated and the ship was found again.
World Trade Center ship may have been filler to a landfill 200 years ago, but to many people today, it's treasure popping up from the mud, full of history. To see photos of the wreck, click here.
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