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New Details Found on Worthington Pump

Posted on March 11, 2010November 27, 2015

The Monitor’s engine room was equipped with two steam powered Worthington pumps for clearing bilges and acting as boiler water feed pumps. Both pumps were recovered from the wrecksite and have been undergoing conservation at The Mariners’ Museum.

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Eric NordgrenAuthor Eric NordgrenSenior ConservatorTagsTags Civil War, de-concretion, USS Monitor, Worthington Pump, X-radiography

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