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| Tango01 | 10 Jun 2020 10:19 p.m. PST |
…of the water. But safeguarding the wood involves a lot of research, care. "Historic preservation specialists in Georgia are researching various ways to treat a wooden crate and 20 Enfield rifles that have been kept in an aquarium, where filtered freshwater continues to draw out salt and other contaminants. The crate carried by the blockade runner CSS Stono has been on display for seven years at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Douglas County, west of Atlanta. The British-made Enfield was the second-most widely used infantry weapon in the Civil War after the Springfield. The aim is to eventually display the weapons out of water, said Josh Headlee, curator and historic preservation specialist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources…"
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| Murvihill | 12 Jun 2020 6:24 a.m. PST |
I see stocks but no barrels. One of the butts in the front has an indent in the marine growth where the barrel would be, so maybe the barrels rusted away. |
| Tango01 | 12 Jun 2020 12:29 p.m. PST |
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prepares to do some regimental-level ACW gaming.
