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Discovery During USS Monitor Restoration Reveals Link to Alabama Company

| January 27, 2017 @ 11:05 am

A Union Navy warship from the Civil War had a surprising tie to a company now based in Anniston. A conservator working on the stabilization of artifacts from USS Monitor, the first ironclad ship produced for the Union Navy, made a surprising discovery as she carefully cleaned a valve recovered from the ship’s wreckage.

Discovery during USS Monitor restoration reveals link to Alabama company

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