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Cemetery Monument Conservation: Resetting

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:23:01 GMT

Cemetery Monument Conservation: Resetting

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Tags : NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, cemetery, historic, monument, preservation, resetting, restoration

Cemetery Monument Conservation: Iron Fence Repair

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:37:02 GMT

Cemetery Monument Conservation: Iron Fence Repair

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Tags : NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, cemetery, fence, historic, iron, monument, preservation, repair, restoration, restore

Cemetery Monument Conservation: Cleaning

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:48:01 GMT

Cemetery Monument Conservation: Cleaning

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Tags : NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, cemetery, cleaning, historic, monument, preservation, restoration, techniques

America's Cultural Heritage Underwater: USS Arizona: Preserving a War Memorial

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:24:02 GMT

Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service’s Submerged Cultural Resources Group (SCRG). According to Ronald Tobias of Montana Public Television, “The project came as a result of the realization that the Submerged Cultural Resources Unit had been archiving images of the America’s underwater parks for many years and that it was being under-utilized as a valuable internal resource. Since outreach is such an important part of our federal research mandate, Larry Murphy of SCRG agreed to allow Montana Public Television access to the archives, and with the grant money awarded to us from NCPTT we were able to create a series of programs for public television about the work being done to preserve many of our country’s treasures underwater.” As a result of NCPTT funding, six half-hour programs have been created that chronicle the work of the Submerged Resources Unit’s effort to save and preserve several important sites, including the USS Arizona in Hawaii, the B-29 Bomber at the bottom of Lake Mead, the Ellis Island ferry in New York harbor, and shipwrecks at Fort Jefferson and Biscayne National Park and at Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park. Public awareness of the Park Service’s work to preserve our national heritage is an important part of the mission of the Park Service, and NCPTT’s funding made these presentations possible. Without the support, the archive material would have slowly slumped its way toward oblivion.

By ncpttmedia

Tags : NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, SCRG, Submerged Cultural Resources Group, Submerged Resources Unit, archeology, historic, preservation, restoration, treasure, underwater

America's Cultural Heritage Underwater: Dry Tortugas: Searching for the Windjammer Avanti

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:52:01 GMT

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Tags : NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, SCRG, Submerged Cultural Resources Group, Submerged Resources Unit, archeology, historic, preservation, restoration, treasure, underwater

America's Cultural Heritage Underwater: The Ferry of Hope: Ellis Island and US Immigration

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:48:02 GMT

By ncpttmedia

Tags : 2004-21, NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, SCRG, Submerged Cultural Resources Group, Submerged Resources Unit, archeology, historic, preservation, restoration, treasure, underwater

America's Cultural Heritage Underwater: Fire and Ice

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:10:02 GMT

By ncpttmedia

Tags : NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, SCRG, Submerged Cultural Resources Group, Submerged Resources Unit, archeology, historic, preservation, restoration, treasure, underwater

America's Cultural Heritage Underwater: Biscayne

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:54:00 GMT

By ncpttmedia

Tags : NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, SCRG, Submerged Cultural Resources Group, Submerged Resources Unit, archaeology, archeology, historic, preservation, restoration, treasure, underwater

America's Cultural Heritage Underwater: The Secret of Lake Meade

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:29:00 GMT

By ncpttmedia

Tags : 2004-17, NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, SCRG, Submerged Cultural Resources Group, Submerged Resources Unit, archeology, historic, preservation, restoration, treasure, underwater

Building Dry Stone Retaining Walls

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:59:01 GMT

This video shows how to build small drystone retaining walls from beginning to end; laying out the shape, digging the foundation, determining the wall angle, building the face, packing the back, and leveling the top. The techniques are suitable for all rock types, whether glacially rounded, angular, or flat-bedded. A series of graphic drawing illustrates the principles of retaining wall construction, followed by two case studies showing on-site training classes. The first project is a low, two-foot wall suitable for a garden, with a Master Craftsman instructor who discusses the plans as well as the problems the class members encounter and solve. The second project is a four-foot wall that supports and equestrian trail and traverses a wet-weather water course in a Louisville park. From small retaining walls in home gardens to road and trail walls in state and national parks, drystone is increasingly the material of choice. The flexibility of mortarless masonry is ideal for terraces and stream banks; it is functional, beautiful, and natural. Most projects do not require poer tools or machinery, and there is no need for harsh chemicals common in most construction. The projects in the video were organized and managed by the Dry-Stone Conservancy. For instructions in print, you may want to consult the section on retaining walls in the DSC handbook, "Building and Repairing Drystone Fences and Retaining Walls."

By ncpttmedia

Tags : Dry Stone Conservancy, NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, build, building, construction, digging, dry, fences, historic, laying, leveling, packing, preservation, restoration, retaining, rock, stone, techniques, walls

Glass and Stained Glass Conservation

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:28:01 GMT

Glass and Stained Glass Conservation

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Tags : NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, glass, historic, how to, preservation, preserve, restoration, restore, stained

Retaining America's Dry Stone Heritage

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:12:01 GMT

This video documents the repair of damaged drystone walls in the popular Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park. It shows the use of modern equipment - replacing donkey power, pulleys, and wenches - lifting the irregular, awkward, and extremely heavy schist and gneiss boulders back into place. There is no mortar or concrete. The footage depicts the planning and organization essential for a large-scale restoration project, a project that serves as a prototype for future genuine repairs. The C&O Canal was one of the nation's most abitious industrial engineering experiments of the mid-1800's, overcoming a 605-foot elevation change to provide a flatwater route 185 miles inland to the coalfields of the Allegheny Mountains. Masons built stone dams, culverts, embarkments, abutments, spillways, tunnels, acqueducts, a series of locks, and lined the canal prism with dry stone retaining walls. At Harpers Ferry, the canal, roadway, and newly built railroad, all shared the same narrow space where the Potoma and Shenandoah Rivers cut through the Blue Ridge. After 150 years, the 1996 floodwaters, channeled forcefully through this passage, damaged the old canal walls. Downstream, at Washington, large tree roots had grown through the drystone masonry, and heavily industrial warehouses, built too close to the canal, damaged the canal walls there. Park officials, emphasizing the Park Service's philosophy of authentic preservation, partnered with the Dry Stone Conservancy to repair two damaged canal sections. This video is the story of that procedure.

By ncpttmedia

Tags : America, Chesapeake, Dry Stone Conservancy, NCPTT, NPS, National Historic Park, National Park Service, Ohio Canal, canal, damaged, dry, drystone, heritage, historic, preservation, repair, restoration, retaining, stone, walls

Landscapes and Lives: Preserving the Stories and the Space

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:58:00 GMT

Landscapes and Lives: Preserving the Stories and the Space Part of the NCPTT Great Lectures in Preservation Series

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Tags : 1997-27, NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, historic, landscape, lecture, lives, preservation, preserving, restoration, series, space, stories

Historic Preservation: The Next Step; Public Lecture by James Marston Fitch

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:29:02 GMT

Historic Preservation: The Next Step; Public Lecture by James Marston Fitch

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Tags : 1996-12, James Marston Fitch, NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, The Next Step, historic, lecture, preservation, public, restoration

The Best of Both Worlds: Lead Hazard Reduction in Historic Buildings

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:44:00 GMT

The Best of Both Worlds: Lead Hazard Reduction in Historic Buildings

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Tags : 1996-15, NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, buildings, hazard, historic, lead, paint, preservation, protection, reduction, restoration, safety

American Society Of Landscape Architects and the Garden Conservancy Connections, Preserving America’s Landscape

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:10:01 GMT

American Society Of Landscape Architects and the Garden Conservancy Connections, Preserving America’s Landscape

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Tags : 1996-02, ASLA, American Society of Landscape Architects, GCC, Garden Conservancy Connections, NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, historic, landscape, preservation, restoration

Walls of Stone: How to Build Drystone Walls and Rock Fences

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:26:14 GMT

This project produced a video for training technicians in correct methods for preserving stone walls and rock fences. The video is a primary training resource, providing graphic instruction on how to repair, rebuild and relocate stone walls and rock fences. In addition to providing training to practitioners, the video explains fence and wall construction to archeologists, engineers, preservationists and conservators.

By ncpttmedia

Tags : 1996-01, NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, build, construction, drystone, fences, historic, how to, methods, preservation, rebuild, relocate, repair, restoration, rock, stone, training, walls

Culture Shock: Fire Protection for Historic and Cultural Property

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:56:03 GMT

Boston University produced this training video to raise awareness of fire risks to cultural properties and to provide technical information about fire detection and suppression systems including sprinklers, gaseous agents, and water mist. Also shown are examples of institutions that have sensitively installed appropriate devices.

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Tags : 1995-01, Boston University, NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, detection, fire, historic, preservation, restoration, risks, safety, suppression, technology, training

Application of Advanced Computer Simulation and Visualization to Enhance Cultural Resources Documentation

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:37:05 GMT

Application of Advanced Computer Simulation and Visualization to Enhance Cultural Resources Documentation

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Tags : 1997-06, NCPTT, NPS, National Park Service, advanced, application, computer, cultural resources, documentation, historic, preservation, restoration, simulation, technology, visualization