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The week we pulled a Model T out of the Ohio River mud
We were working a stretch near Cincinnati, just clearing a channel, when the cutter head jammed on something solid. Had to bring up the whole bucket line and found a complete, rusted-out 1926 Ford Model T tangled in the teeth. Boss wanted to just drop it back, but the crew argued we should call the historical society. Took two days to sort it out and get back on schedule. Ever had a find that stopped the whole job?
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felixlane6mo ago
That wooden ship story is crazy. Makes you wonder if the river mud acts like a time capsule, keeping stuff intact that would rot anywhere else. What do they even do with a find like that Model T after they pull it up?
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lee186mo ago
Read a story once about a crew digging a subway line in New York. They hit a buried wooden ship from the 1700s, perfectly preserved in the muck. It completely shut down the tunnel boring machine for weeks. Finds like that Model T must be a total pain for the schedule, but it's wild to touch a piece of history. Makes you wonder what else is down there, just waiting to jam up some machinery.
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violag806mo ago
Yeah the "what else is down there" part gets me. It's like the ground under cities is this giant attic nobody's cleaned out in centuries. We pave over everything and forget, but the past doesn't just go away. It's all still there, packed in the dirt, and it pops up to say hello at the worst possible time for a construction budget. Makes you look at every pothole and wonder what's under it.
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