PAF Home Back to Project Reports Index Back to Local Sites of Interest ~~~ 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 ++++++++++++++ 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) +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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