August 5, 2009 – 10:45 am
Today is our last day of diving. Over the past two weeks we have learned a ton about diving in low visibility and a lot about how to prepare a shipwreck to be analyzed. Today, the first dive objective was to measure the frame pieces from datum points “C” and “B” by the use of [...]
August 4, 2009 – 10:56 am
Today was a day filled with success and disappointment. While our first dive was highly productive with the numbering of frames by one dive team and the establishment of three datum points by the other team, which will serve as zero points for trilateration of the frame pieces allowing us to eventually figure out the [...]
August 3, 2009 – 10:16 am
Going down the drift line for the first dive is an eerie experience. Imagine knowing that it is perfectly sunny on the surface, and then you descend, following the line deeper towards the wreck. As you progress, the water becomes darker until you see a large shape looming. The objective of the dive was for [...]
Remy The day started at 8:30 a.m. with a short drive to Clarksburg marina to begin our day of diving. The weather was, once again, sunny and hot. Some of the diving we did today was to establish frame number designations and to establish a guideline. The guideline runs parallel down the wreck and [...]
On the first day of August, we finally got to dive on the Clarksburg Shipwreck! The weather was sunny and hot, without a cloud in the sky. While this means we have to lather up in sunscreen and wear sunglasses and a hat, the weather has been on our side. Initially, the wreck took a [...]
Today we finally got to feel what it’s like to run a boat in the Sacramento River. Although… Our mode of transportation was much quicker and more modern than the Clarksburg boat we’re documenting. While dive conditions can sometimes be difficult to predict in a river environment, due to water flow, sediment conditions, and other [...]
Today was an eventful day with stops at the Elk Grove Historical Society, the Sacramento National Archives, the State Museum Resource Center, and the Gold Rush District Historical Sites Museum. At the State Museum Resource Center, Adella Valdez helped us document an anchor that might date around the 1820’s. Documentation usually consists of going through [...]
When we walked through the door for the first time on the 26th of July, we did not know what to expect. We were nervous about the upcoming tasks and unsure of what the next two weeks would bring for us. However, our anxiety was quickly replaced with full bellies after a nice dinner. [...]
