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Old cannon unearthed in Miami Beach
By ERIKA BERAS
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Construction workers digging on the Venetian Causeway made an unusual discovery Tuesday: a rusted iron cannon that experts believe dates to a late 18th Century shipwreck.
''Usually, we find items like this in the bay or underwater,'' said Jorge Zamanillo, a Historic Museum of South Florida curator.
Because much of Miami Beach was once a mangrove barrier island, storm-tossed ships occasionally foundered there, the remains buried when dredges built up the land for development.
I know where Im headed tommorrow.
http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/181124.html
By ERIKA BERAS
[email protected]
Construction workers digging on the Venetian Causeway made an unusual discovery Tuesday: a rusted iron cannon that experts believe dates to a late 18th Century shipwreck.
''Usually, we find items like this in the bay or underwater,'' said Jorge Zamanillo, a Historic Museum of South Florida curator.
Because much of Miami Beach was once a mangrove barrier island, storm-tossed ships occasionally foundered there, the remains buried when dredges built up the land for development.
I know where Im headed tommorrow.
http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/181124.html
