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Project:
Revolutionary War Monument
The first of the three guns from the British warship HMS Actaeon, sunk in the Charleston, SC harbor in 1776, was handsomely restored and conserved in 2009 at a cost of more than $10,000. Its newly constructed wood-and-iron carriage, with a design life of 100+ years, now rests on its own brick-surfaced foundation.
The two remaining guns will cost approximately $30,000 to restore. Although one is a long gun, similar to the first restoration, the other is a shorter carronade that was most likely cast by a different foundry. The quality of the iron used in the carronade is much inferior to that of the long guns and hence requires more extensive conservation, significantly increasing the overall cost of the project.
The Conservancy is now raising funds and
seeking donors to complete the restoration of this historically significant
monument, one of the few west of the Mississippi that commemorate the
Revolutionary War.
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