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September 27, 2004
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al.com: NewsFlash - History buffs hope to raise CSS Tuscaloosa from watery grave
Despite my habitual shunning of all things Confederate (All Things Confederate is the afternoon show on Evil NPR, which is what the public radio stations broadcast down here) this is just neat. A group from here in Tuscaloosa intends to raise the CSS Tuscaloosa from where it lies in the Spanish River near Mobile. Then they're going to bring it up the Tombigbee and the Black Warrior to here, where they're going to put it on display.
That being said, I'm doubtful of the prospect. The Tuscaloosa is an ironclad, and it's been sitting in the bottom of a river for nearly a century and a half now. You'd have to bring it up in one piece, then once you brought it up you'd have to keep out the rust. It's a tall order.
Posted by Mac Thomason at September 27, 2004 10:25 AM
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Somehow I don't think a few bottles of CLR are going to do the job here.
Posted by: Michael Bowen at September 27, 2004 10:39 AM