File:Eyes for tackle from a pivot gun carriage (16519478340).jpg

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Description Even after 150 years underwater, this iron artifact from the CSS Georgia remained in relatively good condition. Divers recovered this item from among the wreckage of the Civil War ironclad. The item, initially a mystery to investigators, has been identified as “eyes for tackle” on a pivot gun carriage holding a cannon on the ship. The item aided the ship’s crew to pull the cannon into firing position. (An accompanying illustration highlights the position of the item on the gun carriage.) The crew of the CSS Georgia scuttled the ship in 1864 as Union troops entered Savannah. The Corps of Engineers must remove the remains of the CSS Georgia from the bottom of the Savannah River in order to increase the depth of the shipping channel. Artifacts recovered from the Georgia will be shipped to Texas A&M University for further study and preservation under a contract awarded as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Billy Birdwell.)
Date Taken on 26 February 2015, 14:09
Source Eyes for tackle from a pivot gun carriage
Author U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District at https://flickr.com/photos/45417428@N05/16519478340 (archive). It was reviewed on 7 September 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

7 September 2018

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This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

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