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Thursday, August 3, 2017
Turret tours Q&A: Visitors next week can touch shot damage to famed USS Monitor, examine marvel of engineering
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Turret after previous draining (Courtesy of The Mariners' Museum and Park) The turret of the ironclad USS Monitor is drained for ...
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Proposed trail along railroad debated
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An effort to revive a Civil War rail trail in southern Washington County, Md., was met with opposition before its advocate even had a chanc...
Thursday, July 27, 2017
USS Monitor turret to be drained as team continues to remove corrosion
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Elsa Sangouard works in turret in 2016 (Mariners' Museum and Park) Conservators on Monday will drain the signature turret of the ...
Sunday, July 23, 2017
A trip to the CSS Georgia recovery site: Nine really cool things and a couple bummers for researchers, conservators
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Clamshell prepares to lift mud (and possible artifacts) to deck Spikes used to join armor components (Picket photos) I couldn’t...
Friday, July 21, 2017
Sorry, you can't check out ammo from library
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A Massachusetts librarian on her first day on the job came across live military shells from the Civil War inside her office. Gleason Public...
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