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Zooming In on Conservation: High-Powered Microscope Aids in Conservation

Zooming In on Conservation: High-Powered Microscope Aids in Conservation

Feb 27, 2018

Stéphanie Cretté, Director of the Warren Lasch Conservation Center at the Clemson University Restoration Institute, working on the state-of-the-art Variable...

Removing Concretion Complete…ALMOST

Removing Concretion Complete…ALMOST

Aug 3, 2017

REMOVING CONCRETION COMPLETE…ALMOST With the interior crew compartment and outside surface cleaned of the layer of concretion, the multi-year concretion...

Take a Look Inside: The <i>Hunley</i> Crew Compartment is Slowly Emerging

Take a Look Inside: The Hunley Crew Compartment is Slowly Emerging

Jun 27, 2017

It is no secret the crew compartment of the H. L. Hunley, the world’s first successful combat submarine, was small....

Crew Compartment Slowly Becoming Visible

Crew Compartment Slowly Becoming Visible

Jun 7, 2017

North Charleston, SC — It is no secret that the crew compartment of the H. L. Hunley, the world’s first...

Diving Deeper into <em>Hunley</em> History

Diving Deeper into Hunley History

Sep 14, 2016

The Hunley’s journey to become the world’s first successful combat submarine is full of twists, turns and, of course, dives....

The World’s First Successful Combat Submarine Almost Fully Visible

The World’s First Successful Combat Submarine Almost Fully Visible

Jan 22, 2015

North Charleston, South Carolina – For the first time in over one hundred and fifty years, you can actually see...

Original Surface of the <em>Hunley</em> to be Revealed

Original Surface of the Hunley to be Revealed

Aug 12, 2014

No one alive today has actually seen the original surface of the world’s first successful combat submarine because the H....

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