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Old cannon dug up in Miami Beach
Miami Beach adds another story to its shipwreck lore: a 10-foot cannon unearthed at a construction site.
By ERIKA BERAS
Construction workers digging on the Venetian Causeway made an unusual discovery Tuesday: a rusted iron cannon that experts believe dates to a late 18th century shipwreck. . . .
Because much of Miami Beach was once a mangrove barrier island, storm-tossed ships occasionally foundered there, the remains buried when dredges built up the land for development. . . .
For decades, legend had it that a ship was buried underneath the first hotel ever built on Miami Beach. . . . . . .
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