Conservators at The Mariners' Museum and its USS Monitor Center are working to restore a steam engine from the Civil War ironclad. Navy divers and NOAA archaeologists recovered the 30-ton engine from the Atlantic Ocean in 2001. But it was covered with sand, mud and corrosion from the minerals in the water. • Article
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Sunday, 12 December 2010
Cleaning ironclad Monitor's engine
Conservators at The Mariners' Museum and its USS Monitor Center are working to restore a steam engine from the Civil War ironclad. Navy divers and NOAA archaeologists recovered the 30-ton engine from the Atlantic Ocean in 2001. But it was covered with sand, mud and corrosion from the minerals in the water. • Article
