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The Steam Engine

Paddle Ship “Patris”Conservation of Artifacts and

Wheel from the Shipwreckusing ElectrochemicalMethods

Presented by V. Argyropoulos

TEI of Athens

The photos in this presentation are shown with the permission of “Museum of Industrial Heritage of Syros”.



.Lungley & Co, Deptford (1859) for Greek King and sank after hitting a reef in 1868 off the coast of Kea where it was found in 2006 at 55 m depth



One of the largest shipwrecks of its kind in theMediterranean region



The Raising of Artifacts

COLLABORATION• Museum of Industrial

Heritage of Syros• Ministry of Culture• National Institution of

Research• Department of Underwater

Antiquities• Underwater Filming

Research (UFR) divingteam

Co-production of E.R.T.(Hellenic Television) & production company“TEXNIS” .

AIM of this documentary is topromote the subject onan international level.



Problems

• Divers do remove metal artifacts and largepieces from the sea without any conservationplanning

• Electrochemical Methods are not in use byprofessional C-Rs for the cleaning orstabilization of metals (lack of know-how, andtechniques for diagnosis and monitoring ofobjects undergoing treatments)

• 2003 Removal of a WWII German JunkersAirplane off the coast of Leros island



Paddle Wheel raised in May 2007



Port of Island of Syros



Height 4,7 m and diameter 6,5 m,Weight about 12 tonnes



In-situ Radiography of Wheel



Approach to Salvage the Object

• Move object away from Port to Museumand create an exhibition place to protect it

• Carry out documentation and analysis ofthe object

• Build a replicate of the wheel

• Try to stabilize using Impressed Current• RAISE MORE MONEY for conservation of

the object!!!!!!



Treatment of collection in TEI

• 25 Artifacts

• Copper & Iron Alloys, Composite(wood, textile, leather)

• Surface layers: marine concretions & corrosion products



Stages of conservationtreatments by students

• Documentation

• Diagnostic analyses (X-RayRadiography, XRF, SEM)

• Chemical & mechanical cleaning of concretions

•Stabilization with chemicals

• Corrosion Inhibitors & ProtectiveCoatingss



Problems with the application of electrochemical treatments

• It requires constant supervision

• Students cannot undertake such projectsat an undergraduate level?

• Work can only be carried out in final year(internship and/or undergraduate thesis) orat Masters’ level training



Before Conservation

After conservation



Future Plan

-raise national funding to promoteresearch and conservation of marine

artefacts removed from the sea-promote in-situ conservation of

shipwrecks and tourism of

underwater parks-create a conservation laboratory for

marine artefacts on Syros

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