Underwater Archaeological Investigations, Mobile Bay Ship Channel, Mobile Harbor, Alabama.

Abstract

An archaeological Phase II assessment of 22 magnetic anomalies has been completed as part of a planned harbor expansion and modification by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. All investigated anomalies proved to be modern harbor debris for which no further work is required. A second goal of the project involved a diving and remote-sensing survey of the confererate obstructions, 1M628. These obstructions consist, in part, of vessels which were loaded with brick and sunk across the old channel during the American Civil War. The purpose of the survey was to accurately delineate and precisely position the vessel obstructions in relation to proposed hargor improvements. Keywords: Underwater archaeology, Cultural resources, Remote sensing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168306

Entities

People

  • Jack B. Irion

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Commerce
  • Construction
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diving Equipment
  • Diving Operations
  • Ecology
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Historic Sites
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetometers
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Salt Water
  • Scalar Magnetometers

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security