See and Hear About The Green Jacket Shoal Archaeological Landscape
By Louise Paiva
Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, East Providence Historical Society and Tockwotton on the Waterfront e joining to sponsor a presentation on The Green Jacket Shoal archaeological site on Monday, September 15.
David Robinson, Director and Chief Archaeologist of the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources (BUAR), will discuss Green Jacket Shoal.
With more than three decades of experience in his field, David is a former marine archaeologist at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography.
The site he will discuss sits off Bold Point Park in the Providence River near the merger with the Seekonk River.
Bold Point had once been the location of the Providence Dry Dock & Marine Railway Company. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, when Providence was a bustling port for commercial and leisure vessels, the shipyard played a major role in building ships and keeping them in working order.
At the end of their service, many of these steamboats, sailing ships and other vessels were left to rest a short distance away on Green Jacket Shoal.
The remains of these abandoned vessels are historically significant and demonstrate Providence’s prominence as a commercial port at the turn of the century.
David will discuss the possibility of applying to the National Park Service for recognition of The Green Jacket Shoal archaeological site as a National Register listed historic property in the maritime category.
David will meet with interested people on the waterfront near Tockwotton at 6:00 PM to talk about the 29 vessels lying at the bottom of the river.
Then he will move to the Theatre Room in Tockwotton to give a presentation about the shoal. Light refreshments will be provided before the presentation.
The speaking program will be from 6:30 to 7:30 PM.
Please join us on Monday, September 15 to learn more about historical significance of The Green Jacket Shoal archaeological landscape.