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The Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI), located in North Charleston South Carolina, is home to the Zucker Family Graduate Education Center offering graduate education in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Digital Production Arts, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. CURI is also home to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center a state-of-the-art materials analysis and characterization facility that can analyze artifacts or modern materials of metal, wood, textiles, polymers, glass, or ceramics. Additionally, the CURI campus features the Dominion Energy Innovation Center which houses the world’s most-advanced wind-turbine drivetrain testing facility capable of full-scale highly accelerated mechanical and electrical testing of advanced drivetrain systems for wind turbines.
Recon Secrets of the Sea USS Monitor and the H.L Hunley
Two fascinating Civil War era vessels, which eluded search efforts for more than a hundred years, are brought to life in this story of loss, recovery and restoration. The USS Monitor and the H.L Hunley became virtual time capsules when the ocean claimed them in the 1860's. Marine archeologists are working to find clues about their final moments and to share their stories with the public.
Two lost warships from the U.S. Civil War were the subjects of long-standing searches because of their historic status to Americans. Monitor was built in a 100-day rush to counter the threat of the Confederate ironclad Virginia (constructed from remnants of USS Merrimac). They met in combat off Hampton Roads, Virginia, in March 1862. The battle heralded the end of naval combat between wooden ships. With its low hull and rotating turret, Monitor was an engineering triumph, albeit one with flaws that became apparent nine months later, when it foundered off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, taking 16 of its crew with it. The tiny “cheesebox on a raft” was not forgotten, however, and searches by dedicated volunteers finally rediscovered the vessel in 1973, 240 feet down. Hunley, one of several submarines built by each side during the Civil War, gained fame on February 17, 1864, when it attacked USS Housatonic in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, and became the first submarine to sink another vessel in combat. Decades of searches culminated in its rediscovery in 1995. Monitor, designated the first National Marine Sanctuary in the United States, was surveyed and test-excavated before a congressionally directed effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Navy raised its propeller, engine, and armored turret. Now housed in the USS Monitor Center at the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia, Monitor’s machinery and turret are undergoing conservation and analysis, while the rest of the wreck remains 17 miles offshore in the sanctuary. Hunley, excavated and raised in 2000 after analysis by the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center and the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, has also been the subject of intense study and conservation, at the Warren L. Lasch Conservation Center outside of Charleston. Undocumented aspects of each vessel’s construction, damage from battle and sinking, and life on board came to light. Hunley, for example, was shown to be an incredibly sophisticated craft, not a crude instrument of war fashioned from boiler iron, as some historians had suggested. Remains of crew members were found in both ships. Forensic work has revealed details about them and, in the case of the Hunley crew, suggests that these men may have died when they brought their craft to settle on the bottom, perhaps for a rest after the crew hand-cranked their sub into battle, only to succumb to foul air.
P2 Talks - H.L. Hunley Submarine Project Artifacts Storage System
In this edition of P2 Talks, we discuss H.L Hunley Submarine artifacts storage with Johanna Rivera-Diaz, Conservator and Collections Manager for Clemson University’s Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, SC. The solution included museum cabinets, Rousseau drawers, and wide-span shelving. (Note: Museum cases shown are manufactured by Delta Designs Ltd. of Topeka, KS) Learn more:
Charleston, South Carolina | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:31 1 Geography
00:03:29 1.1 Topography
00:04:53 1.2 Climate
00:06:40 1.3 Metropolitan Statistical Area
00:08:17 2 History
00:08:25 2.1 Colonial era (1670–1786)
00:19:53 2.2 American Revolution (1776–1783)
00:22:50 2.3 Antebellum era (1783–1861)
00:30:40 2.4 Civil War (1861–1865)
00:32:37 2.5 Postbellum (1865–1945)
00:37:33 2.6 Contemporary era (1945–present)
00:41:10 3 Demographics
00:41:35 3.1 Language
00:42:59 3.2 Religion
00:44:34 4 Culture
00:45:52 4.1 Annual cultural events and fairs
00:46:54 4.2 Music
00:49:32 4.3 Live theater
00:50:12 4.4 Museums, historical sites, and other attractions
00:56:01 4.5 Sports
00:57:50 4.6 Books and films
00:58:57 5 Economy
01:00:09 6 Government
01:00:56 6.1 Fire department
01:01:39 6.2 Police department
01:02:43 6.3 EMS and medical centers
01:03:53 6.4 Coast Guard Station Charleston
01:04:23 7 Crime
01:05:09 8 Transportation
01:05:18 8.1 Airport
01:06:03 8.2 Rail
01:06:25 8.3 Interstates and highways
01:07:21 8.3.1 Major highways
01:08:10 8.3.2 Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
01:08:48 8.4 City bus service
01:09:33 8.5 Port
01:11:13 9 Parks
01:11:21 10 Schools, colleges, and universities
01:13:42 11 Armed Forces
01:15:27 11.1 U.S. Coast Guard
01:16:22 11.2 Army
01:16:34 12 Media
01:16:42 12.1 Broadcast television
01:18:30 13 Notable people
01:20:52 14 Sister cities
01:22:31 15 See also
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Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 136,208 in 2018. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 787,643 residents in 2018, the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
Charleston was founded in 1670 as Charles Town, honoring King Charles II of England. Its initial location at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) was abandoned in 1680 for its present site, which became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years. Despite its size, it remained unincorporated throughout the colonial period; its government was handled directly by a colonial legislature and a governor sent by London. Election districts were organized according to Anglican parishes, and some social services were managed by Anglican wardens and vestries. Charleston adopted its present spelling with its incorporation as a city in 1783 at the close of the Revolutionary War. Population growth in the interior of South Carolina influenced the removal of the state government to Columbia in 1788, but the port city remained among the ten largest cities in the United States through the 1840 census. Historians estimate that nearly half of all Africans brought to America arrived in Charleston, most at Gadsden's Wharf. The only major antebellum American city to have a majority-enslaved population, Charleston was controlled by an oligarchy of white planters and merchants who successfully forced the federal government to revise its 1828 and 1832 tariffs during the Nullification Crisis and launched the Civil War in 1861 by seizing the Arsenal, Castle Pinckney, and Fort Sumter from their federal garrisons.
Known for its rich history, well-preserved architecture, distinguished restaurants, and hospitable people, Charleston is a popular tourist destination. ...