Hertz Lot, Vine Street and N. Delaware Avenue

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AN EXAMINATION OF PHILADELPHIA’S EARLY WATERFRONT THROUGH THE ARCHEOLOGY OF THE HERTZ LOT
By Carmen A. Weber, Edited and Compiled by Rebecca Yamin, John Milner Assoc. 2006

Hertz Lot Report (15MB) pdf
John Milner Associates

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West Shipyard Archaeology Study BLOG (Delaware River Waterfront Corporation research study undertaken by John Milner & Assoc.)

Archaeological Search for More of West Shipyard Underway
PLANPHILLY video (8:23 minutes) with archaeologist Wade Catts explaining the West Shipyard excavations undertaken by John Milner, Assoc. for the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation. (July 18, 2013)

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News Coverage
*Some news coverage is behind a pay wall.
Philadelphia dig uncovers timbers from before William Penn
July 29, 2012, Philadelphia Inquirer
Archaeological dig on Delaware Avenue turns up timbers
July 24, 2012, Newsworks
Archaeological search for more of West Shipyard underway
July 18, 2012 PlanPhilly
Excavation Begins On Historical Site At Penn’s Landing
July 18, 2012, CBS Philly
Digging for the past where the Delaware used to run
July 19, 2012, Phila. Inquirer
Archaeologists make exciting find at once-buried 17th century shipyard near Penn’s Landing
July 18, 2012, Metro
Archaeological dig on Delaware Avenue begins Monday
July 14, 2012, NewsWorks
Two-Week dig offers rare glimpse of the birth of the Delaware River industrial waterfront, July 13, 2012, City Paper


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