UNCOVERING HISTORY The Cluskey Embankment Stores Archaeology Project.

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UNCOVERING HISTORY The Cluskey Embankment Stores Archaeology Project

What Are They? What We Know!  4 open brick vaults, 1 closed vault  City contracted for retaining wall (1840)  Charles B. Cluskey, architect and contractor  Cluskey proposed incorporating brick stores/vaults  20 year lease, Cluskey transferred to John Dillon (1841)  Stores completed by William S. Walker (1842)  Total City investment: $2, plus lease

Visual Documentation Sanborn Insurance Map, 1888; NYPL Images

Visual Documentation Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), 1962

What We Don’t Know!

Shinhoster Youth Leadership Institute

Archaeological Investigation  City partnership with GSU  City contributions  GSU contributions

Historical Research  Ongoing  Contributors:  HABS  City Library & Archives  Shinhoster Leadership Group  GSU  SSU

LiDAR 11/4/2012

LiDAR  &set=p &type =2&theater &set=p &type =2&theater

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) 11/13/2012

First Day of Excavation (Vault 1) 11/30/2012

First Public Work Day (Vault 1) 12/15/2012

Artifacts - Ceramics & Pipestem

Artifacts - Lamps

Artifacts - Bottle and Stoneware Piping

Next Steps  Excavations resume 1/18/2013 with GSU Field School  Public Work Day 1/26/ :00 am – 3:00 pm (open unit in second vault)  Two additional Public Work Days  Investigate Fifth Vault  SSU Research Project  Structural Repairs

Goals/End Results  Add to body of knowledge  Educate the public about the importance of the structure (on multiple levels)  More appropriate use and interpretation of the vaults  Educate the public about archaeology  Archaeology and research collection at Municipal Archives for the public  Continued Public Outreach through programs and exhibits