The National Maritime Heritage Act Grant Program 2016-17 Awards Announced
PAUL ROLLINS Over 35 years of experience designing, new construction & classic restoration.
On 7 July, the National Park Service announced that grants totaling $1,752,073 have been awarded to 27 grant recipients for education and preservation projects. The grant program is funded by a percentage of the profits from the sale of obsolete vessels for recycling by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), part of the Department of Transportation. The money is transferred to the National Park Service, part of the Department of the Interior, and administered by the NPS Maritime Heritage Program. These procedures are outlined in the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994. The first round of grants provided by the Act was awarded in 1998, but a subsequent change in the law cut off the funding source, effectively ending the grant program. Following a sustained advocacy campaign led by the National Maritime Alli ance, with the support of the maritime heritage community, $7 million was made available for grants over the past three years, when funding was restored by act of Congress. The 2016-17 grant cycle considered 97 proposals, with a total amount of $8.6 million requested, clearly demonstrating once again the great need and interest in the grant program within the maritime heritage community. Grant recipients for this and past years are posted on the National Park Service website at www.nps.gov/maritime/grants/intro.htm. The deadline for the 2017-18 grant cycle was 1 September 2017; check the NPS Maritime Heritage Grant website later this year for information on how to apply for the next grant cycle in 2018. You can read more about the Maritime Heritage Grants Program and the National Maritime Heritage Act in past issues of Sea History, in particular, seek out Sea History 157 (see pages 26-27) and 158 (pages 13-15).
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1he 1934 steam dredge William M . Black in Dubuque, Iowa, wiLL get some much needed attention, thanks to a $66,999 Maritime H eritage Grant awarded in July 2017. 1he 277joot side-wheeler wiLL undergo a lead-based paint abatement to permanently eliminate aLL deteriorated lead-based paint and its associated hazards. 1he dredge was one of the last steam-powered vessels used by the US Army Corps ofEngineers to open navigation channels, excavate channels and boat harbors, and to pump earth fiLLs. 1he Black was in service to the Corps from 1934 to 1373. When operating at fuLL capacity, this steamboat carried a crew of 49. 1he vessel, a National Historic Landmark, is permanently moored in Ice Harbor at the head of Dubuque Harbor, at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (www.rivermuseum.com).
SEA HISTORY 160,AUTUMN 2017