Wooden bench support
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- Title:
- Wooden bench support
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Wooden part of bench for supporting and holding forward and central sections of the submarine interior bench, with notch cut out to fit around the submarine interior frame. Images show the concreted bench support following excavation and removal from the submarine; reverse-side view of concreted bench support; x-ray photograph of bench support; bench support following deconcretion, conservation treatment with polyethylene glycol, and cleaning; the reverse-side view of the same post-deconcretion condition; bench support following freeze-drying; and the reverse-side view of the support post-freeze-drying. Note the holes in all images where nails or screws were once held to attach the support to the forward and central bench.
- Collection Title:
- Hunley Artifact Collection – Submarine Components and Tools
- Contributing Institution:
- Friends of the Hunley
- Media Type:
- Objects
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- H.L. Hunley (Submarine)
- Topical Subject:
- Wood--Conservation and restoration
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- HL-3376
- Date Digital:
- 2006-11-20; 2008-01-16; 2007-11-15; 2011-12-16
- Digitization Specifications:
- 300 dpi, 24-bit depth, Nikon E4500 and D60; 96 dpi, 24-bit depth
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital image copyright 2013, Friends of the Hunley. All rights reserved. For more information, contact Friends of the Hunley at 843.743.4865.
- Admin ID:
- 34644
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