Preserving Battle Cannons
Episode 37 of the Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast podcast, hosted by The Alamo, titled "Preserving Battle Cannons" was published on June 6, 2024 and runs 18 minutes.
June 6, 2024 ·18m · Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
Summary
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 37: Preserving Battle Cannons There is a one-of-a-kind battle cannon on display at the Alamo. If you look down its barrel, you can see a layer of a chalky white substance. That substance is actually growing from the metal. Today we reveal why this substance is growing on the cannon, the team of Texas experts putting their minds together to find creative ways to stop it, and the race to save the cannon for the historic record. Featuring th...
Episode Description
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
Episode 37: Preserving Battle Cannons
There is a one-of-a-kind battle cannon on display at the Alamo. If you look down its barrel, you can see a layer of a chalky white substance. That substance is actually growing from the metal.
Today we reveal why this substance is growing on the cannon, the team of Texas experts putting their minds together to find creative ways to stop it, and the race to save the cannon for the historic record. Featuring the Alamo's Senior Researcher & Historian Kolby Lanham, Texas A&M University Conservation Research Laboratory director Dr. Chris Dostal, and Texas A&M University PhD student Kim Breyfogle.
Read more about cannon conservation at the Alamo: https://www.thealamo.org/support/preservation/research/the-cannon-conservation-project
Video of Texas A&M team at work: https://youtu.be/6Fj62ABibQg?si=oAL2QtiWbDWpIoLj
Photos of Texas A&M team at work: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlamo/posts/pfbid02SChn7Cnw1Da3hHbBRqHeuav8q9FJcXjHpJpk7kKFxhmhyqZfmnWH1GFVmuSJCkhtl
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