Excavating earth and rocks in well

as water begins to seep in from below

Student repels down to hang above water

Photo from a slideshow exhibit of
Germantown Archaeology Project

At bottom, 10 ft down: waterlogged shoe parts

Leather soles and tops will undergo conservation
 

Drawing of rock slabs around the well
will become exhibit map of yard corner

Reconstructed well & 'ghost structure'
of rock lines to mark buried foundation