Report 1 - Conservation of ceramic firepot

Report 2 - Composite wood and iron artifacts - pole arms and partisans

Report 3 - Silicone oil and organic conservation

Report 4 - Conserving the human skeleton found aboard La Belle

Report 5 - Conservation of closed wood containers: a chest from La Belle

Report 6 - Conservation of the Fairfield Union field cannon

Report 7 - Conserving the hull of La Belle

Report 8 - A carpenter's tool from Port Royal, Jamaica

Report 9 - Modeling La Belle.

Report 10 - Site 8SJ3478, possibly the Industry: a British 18th-century shipwreck

Report 11 - Pass Cavallo project (Page currently down)

Report 12 - A chest from the Brother Jonathan shipwreck.

Report 13 - Reconstructing historic mine cars

Report 14 - Conserving a dugout canoe

Report 15 - The Conservation of the 18-Pounder Carronades from USS Shark

Conservation Research Laboratory Reports

Conserving the hull of the Belle

La Salle Shipwreck Project
Texas Historical Commission

PHOTO GALLERY 11: AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2000

Lab assistants position additional timbers using the water to displace the weight of the timbers. Obviously, this is being conducted during the summer.
Lab assistants position additional timbers using the water to displace the weight of the timbers. Obviously, this is being conducted during the summer.
A lab assistant attaches the lower part of a frame with a threaded fiberglass rod. A lab assistant attaches the lower part of a frame with a threaded fiberglass rod.
Most of the frames are now attached. Most of the frames are now attached.
Placing the framesMost of the framesView from the stern. View from the stern.
View across the frames, looking to starboard. Note the padded supports and the fiberglass rods. View across the frames, looking to starboard. Note the padded supports and the fiberglass rods.
Carefully aligning each frame with the hull partially submerged in the water. Note the spray which is used to keep the hull wet when it iA lab assistant works on the frames in the bow. A lab assistant works on the frames in the bow.

Citation Information:

Peter Fix
2000, Conservation of the Hull of the Belle, Conservation Research Laboratory Research Report #7, Photo Gallery 11, World Wide Web, URL, http://nautarch.tamu.edu/CRL/Report7/hull11.htm, Nautical Archaeology Program, Texas A&M University; La Salle Shipwreck Project, Texas Historical Commission, Austin, Texas.


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