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Building a Work Platform for the Second Excavation
Campaign on the Emanuel Point Ship
These photos were taken during April and May 1997
as the excavation team worked with Diversified Manufacturing Company of
Pensacola to construct a steel work platform to place over the site.
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Field Director J. "Coz" Cozzi (near right) and Diversified
Manufacturing owner Jimmie Parkerson (far left) weld the interior framework
and watertight bulkheads of the project's work platform.
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Emanuel Point Ship team welds the bottom of the work platform, which
they name
Nautilus,
after the symbol of the University of West Florida.
From left to right: Solomon Wahrhaftig, graduate student intern; David
Pugh, field technician; Capt. Keith Plaskett, equipment and logistics manager;
Dr. Roger C. Smith, project director; J. "Coz" Cozzi, field director.
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Nautilus
is lifted by two front-end loaders, while a flatbed
truck backs underneath. The truck hauled
Nautilus
to Pensacola Shipyard
for launching at Bayou Chico.
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As
Nautilus
is placed in the water at the shipyard, Dr. Richard
Doelker, Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the University
of West Florida, christens the barge with a bottle of champagne. Dr. Judy
Bense, Director of UWF Archaeology Institute looks on.
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Emanuel Point Ship Excavation project members pose on the deck of
newly-launched
Nautilus
for the press. Left to right: J. "Coz"
Cozzi, field director; Dr. John R. Bratten, conservation director; Capt.
Keith Plaskett, dive safety officer; Jenna Watts, graduate student intern
from East Carolina University; Dr. Roger C. Smith, project director; Juliet
Tatum, graduate student intern from George Washington University; and David
Pugh, field technician.
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Nautilus is towed across Pensacola Bay by staff and boats of the
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, which generously agreed to assist the project.
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With assistance from the small boat, Navy personnel set up four
mooring anchors to position Nautilus directly over the Emanuel Point Ship.
The site is now ready for the second campaign of excavation to begin.
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