A shot ladle was recovered under the wooden chest inMonitor在2002年的炮塔。铜scoo组成p nailed to a wooden head, it allowed the gunners to perfectly load/unload the Dahlgren guns.
The tricky part was not harming the copper part of the object during the wood stabilization and the wood during the metal treatment. Good time, beautiful artifact!
This week conservators are installing improved impressed current cathodic protection anodes on theMonitor’s gun carriages. The anodes are flexible wires supported on removable frames made of PVC pipes. Josiah designed and built the frames which allow the anode wires to protect the metal parts of the gun carriages from corrosion during wet conservation treatment. The frames are lightweight and easily removable to provide easy access to the carriages during deconcretion.
The wooden chest recovered from the turret has been sent to theMaryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratoryto be freeze-dried. This laboratory is equipped with a large freeze-dryer, big enough for the size of the artifact.
Below, Will packs the artifact for its journey.
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