H. L. Hunley #NASOH2017

At the Warren Lasch Conservation Center with #NASOH2017 to see the Hunley

Schwalbe: Effect of blockade made use of iron for ballast in Hunley seem like appropriate allocation of scarce resource at time #NASOH2017

Schwalbe: Did some Hunley ballast come from ironclad armor? Interesting possibility, though not a sure thing. #NASOH2017

Schwalbe: If you have expert knowledge on iron manufacturing marks, she'd love to pick your brain about the ballast on Hunley #NASOH2017

Schwalbe: 95 pieces of fixed iron ballast found throughout crew compartment & ballast tanks of Hunley #NASOH2017

Finishing #NASOH2017 sessions w more Hunley: Emily A. Schwalbe examines Confed resource prioritization in use of iron ballast on the sub

Scafuri: Damage occurred to Hunley conning tower, rudder, prop shroud from other cause(s), yet to be explained #NASOH2017

Scafuri: Naval explosives experts say torpedo explosion caused no damage to Hunley, ruling that out as cause of its loss #NASOH2017

Scafuri: Deconcretion of Hunley took place over 2014-2015, resulted in "unveiling" of submarine's design #NASOH2017

Scafuri: Reconstruction shows Hunley placed torpedo almost at keel of Housatonic #NASOH2017

Michael P. Scafuri gets #NASOH2017 ready for this afternoon's outing w "Insights from Deconcretion of H.L. Hunley"

Spirek: Working to nominate Stone Fleet vessels to National Historical Register #NASOH2017

Spirek on Stone Fleets: Archival research showed "US Navy spent a lot of money to make these vessels seaworthy to sink." #NASOH2017

Next session at #NASOH2017 kicks off with James D. Spirek of SC Inst of Archaeology & Anthropology, USC, on US Civil War stone fleets

Gregory Owen Stratton, also of NC Office of State Archaeology, finishes session w his work IDing blockade runner Agnes F. Fry #NASOH2017

Next up: Billy Ray Morris of North Carolina Office of State Archaeology on "Condor: North Carolina’s First Heritage Dive Site" #NASOH2017

(I am clearly completely unable to type Miguel's name this AM. Apologies!) #NASOH2017

If you're in NOLA, Gutierre has a mission for you: checking out current status of 19th c. foundry's old address #NASOH2017

*Gutierrez. (Hey, I'm live-tweeting on only one cup of coffee here!) #NASOH2017

Gitierrez found maker's mark on recovered sight, traces it to New Orleans foundry #NASOH2017

Starting 1848, every US navy vessel required to have & use dispart & tangent sights in tandem. Unclear if CSA navy req'd too. #NASOH2017

Gutierrez explains function of dispart & tangent gun sights #NASOH2017

1st up Miguel Gutierrez of Texas A&M with "Sights Set for New Orleans: Shedding Light on Confederate Industry" #NASOH2017

Starting 3d & final day of #NASOH2017 with more archaeology. This afternoon we head for the Hunley!

Underway for Charleston harbor cruise with #NASOH2017

Bucky the teenage T-Rex at College of Charleston library #NASOH2017

Pausing to point out: maritime history has certain rep but practitioner demographics are shifting. Here's this morning's panel #NASOH2017

Kenyon: Pirate ship (dangerously) sailed around with cannons loaded, apparently so they were ready for action on moment's notice #NASOH2017

Harris discussing shipwreck as window on history of consumption, from medicines to pickles to dolls to socks. Even toilet paper! #NASOH2017