The Morgan's shipwrights recently decided to copper the entire keel structure, both to help preserve it (all of it is original dating from 1841) and to seal it from water. They are also installing the buttend copper rivets on planks below the waterline. These rivets reinforce the burrend seams of the planks to help prevent them from loosening and springing out. They were not part of the original construction but were required by the insurance companies in the 1880s when the Morgan moved to San Francisco as her new homeport. In addition to new work on the ship itself, new whaleboats are being constructed by outside parties. The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vermont has recently committed to building the tenth one. The museum is posting updates and photos of the ongoing restoration project on the Mystic Seaport website. (75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT 06355 ; www.mysticseaport. org) . . . A 140-year-old model of USS Constitution is being restored at the USS Constitution Museum. The model was commissioned by Charles Greely Loring, a C ivil War hero and the first ex-
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This USS Constitution model was commissioned by Charles Greely Loring in the 1870s or 1880s ecutive officer and later curator and director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It was built by a sailor on board USS Constitution, most likely in the 1870s or early 1880s. Loaned to the Old South Meeting House in 1903, it sat on display until 1978 when it was moved to the recently opened USS Constitution Museum. For years, the model sat in artifact storage, its poor condition preventing staff from handling or displaying it. Now, however, thanks in part to funding from the Boston Marine Society, professional ship model conservator Rob N api-
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er will begin the rehabilitation of the model during the 34th Annual Ship Model Show, on now through 23 March. (Charlestown Navy Yard, Bldg. 22, Charlestown, MA 02129; Ph. 61 7 4261812; www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org) . . . Maritime archaeologist and founder of Bateaux Below, Joseph Zarzynski, has collaborated with Peter Pepe, president of Pepe Productions, on a new book, titled Documentary Filmmaking for Archaeologists. Previously, Pepe and Zarzynski collaborated on producing three award-winning documentaries about historic shipwrecks as well as creating several "mini-docs" for screening in museums, art galleries, and visitor centers. The new book is intended to guide archaeologists and other social scientists on the step-by-step process of making a documentary, so that they are better prepared to work with professional documentary filmmakers on their projects. Of the book, director of NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program James Delgado wrote, "Peter Pepe and Joseph W. Zarzynski have done a tremendous service in writing this first-ever guide to archaeological
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