Survey of the steamboat Black Cloud.

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noVK1255.B62 A32en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorAdams, R.M.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:47:12Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:47:12Z
dc.date.issued1980en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description50 p.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractA survey of the submerged steamboat Black Cloud was conducted by the students and staff of the nautical archeology program at Texas A&M University in response to efforts and suggestions by historians and citizens of Liberty, Texas. The sidewheel steamboat, which had been abandoned in 1873 in the Trinity River, Texas, was rediscovered in 1965. The purpose of the survey to give students field experience in locating and defining the limits of wreckage and plotting their findings on a map. This report contains a historical review of the Black Cloud, descriptions and drawings of hull remains, and a reconstruction of the paddewheel from artifact fragments. Also included is a catalog of artifacts recovered from the site, and analysis of their condition and conservation measures taken, and recommendations for futher study.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTrinity Riveren_US
dc.geo-codeLibertyen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18695
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG circulating collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeen_US
dc.publisheren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1022.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesTexas A&M University Sea Grant Pub. TAMU-SG-81-201.en_US
dc.subjectwrecksen_US
dc.subjectwreck locationen_US
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.titleSurvey of the steamboat Black Cloud.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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