"Now the turret and its two 11-inch Dahlgren cannon, the Monitor’s steam engine and condenser are being preserved in the state-of-the art Batten Conservation Laboratory, placed in special baths that leach the salt and stabilize the objects for future display–by 2025. Museum-goers can peer into the tanks from catwalks just beyond the lab’s windows."
Next time you’re in Norfolk, VA, go see the Monitor Center museum, or visit the site now.
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