几年前,我们的一个前专家埃尔sapostedabout the successful effort to disassemble the port gun carriage excavated from inside USS监视器‘s gun turret. And last summer, Kate added apostabout long-term efforts to stabilize the wooden internal components from the carriage.
One of my favorite pictures from the earlier posts shows former staff guru Gary hoisting an oak gun carriage side from the Wet Lab’s overhead crane for documentation and photography. Here it is in case you missed it:
This week we’ve been very fortunate to spend some quality time with one of our oldest and dearest friends: USS监视器‘s vibrating side lever steam engine. Much like our favorite ironclad, this salty lady is over 150 years old but keeps looking better every year.
我们在星期一拍摄了以下照片。请记住，该发动机目前坐在治疗箱中。
In October of 1862, USS监视器was at the Washington Navy Yard for some maintenance and repairs. A commemorative inscription was stamped onto the breech of both of监视器‘s XI-Inch Dahlgren shell guns at this time to celebrate the Battle of Hampton Roads by recognizing the important men and vessels that participated in the conflict.
The port Dahlgren was inscribed: “WORDEN. MONITOR & MERRIMAC.”
The act of moving USS监视器在保护期间或在水手博物馆的展览期间的文物通常不是很简单。为了避免损害这些宝贵的人工制品，必须在发生任何动作之前考虑工件的大小，重量，脆弱性和物质成分等因素。最大程度地减少治疗和展览期间的运动对于脆弱伪影的总体健康和长期生存能力至关重要。通常是监视器Conservation team spends days or even weeks planning and prepping for a move that may take no more than a few seconds or minutes. Better safe than sorry!
我们使用各种齿轮和设备，包括高架起重机，举起皮带和电缆，链子，链吊式吊装，举起平台，长阵，气动轮胎，娃娃娃娃，叉车以及良好的老式汗水和肘部润滑脂。但是，有时甚至最好的设备和计划也无法匹配140年的腐蚀海洋环境。结果，许多来自USS的珍贵人工制品监视器are too unstable after deconcretion and conservation to move out of the exhibit.
Our good friend Dr. Francis DuCoin has been busy! Check out his new hi-def photo mosaics of the exterior and interior of USS监视器‘s gun turret in the latest issue of Civil War Times.
Additionally, he wrote a brief update on the slow but steady progress being made by conservators in the lab to stabilize the 120-ton wrought iron turret.
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