‘The first eyes to see this’: Florida workers find 19th-century shipwreck

Construction crews dig up wooden remains of ship probably used to extract fish and shellfish in downtown St Augustine

Construction crews in Florida found the remains of a 19th-century shipwreck while working on an infrastructure project in a north-eastern city.

Workers with the Florida department of transportation (FDOT) were digging throughout downtown St Augustine as part of a project to improve drainage in the city, WFLA reported.