English and Dutch manufactured smoking pipes dating back to the 1600s were among the artifacts uncovered during the archaeological dig before the construction of the South Ferry Terminal began.
Nineteen of these pipes will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at the New York Transit Museum’s Gallery Annex in Grand Central Terminal in mid-town Manhattan.
The new exhibition entitled, “Where New York Began: Archeology at the South Ferry Terminal” runs 
March 18, 2010 – July 5, 2010. The “New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex and Store” in Grand Central Terminal (mid-town Manhattan) is open 8 AM to 8 PM Monday – Friday and Saturday & Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM. Admission is free. (The New York Transit Museum’s flagship is located in a decommissioned subway station at the corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn Heights. The Museum has two locations, the flagship in Brooklyn (60,000 sq. ft.) and the Annex (2,000 sq ft.)
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Photo credit: New York Transit Museum