{"id":11453,"date":"2020-04-08T00:04:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T04:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marinersmuseum.org\/?p=11453"},"modified":"2025-03-27T07:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:45:48","slug":"on-the-right-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marinersmuseum.org\/2020\/04\/on-the-right-track\/","title":{"rendered":"The port gun carriage on the right track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It has been too long since we\u2019ve given an update on the conservation of Monitor<\/em>\u2019s port gun carriage. So long in fact, that the conservation of its 250-ish components are now complete!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back and reflecting on the many steps of this (large) object\u2019s treatment, I really love that it has benefited from all of the research and discoveries done in the lab over the past 10 years. It is, after all, the largest Monitor<\/em> object completed thus far and we were experimenting a lot along the way to provide the best treatment possible with current knowledge. We also knew that the work would benefit not only \u201cour little Monitor<\/em>\u201d but the field at large. And we learned so much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Detailed view of the interior of the turret showing one of the Dahlgren guns on its carriage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sketch of a cut-away view of the gun carriage showing the braking mechanism. Courtesy of NOAA, USS Monitor <\/em>Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In terms of conservation, the complexity of this artifact was multifaceted:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n