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 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 12: OCTOBER 2000
Using a large forklift and spanner bar to place the keelson in the vat. |
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Lab assistants use the weight of the water to displace the weight of the keelson so that it can be placed in position and the frames more carefully aligned. |
The proud ship reconstructors: |
The ship as assembled prior to forming the underlying support plates for each frame set. |
 View from the bow of the assembled frames. |
Note the supports being used to support the frame sets. Once the support plates are positioned on each frame set, the ship will be able to stand with minimal external supports while on display. |
Citation Information:
- Peter Fix
2000, Conservation of the Hull of the Belle, Conservation Research Laboratory Research Report #7, Photo Gallery 12, World Wide Web, URL, http://nautarch.tamu.edu/CRL/Report7/hull12.htm, Nautical Archaeology Program, Texas A&M University; La Salle Shipwreck Project, Texas Historical Commission, Austin, Texas