The S.C. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University was one of 21 organizations receiving a joint national award recently for its work on the recovery and preservation of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley from Charleston Harbor.
The institute, along with other state and federal agencies, organizations, and companies, received the first National Trust for Historic Preservation /Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Joint Award for Federal Partnerships in Historic Preservation.
John Nau III, chairman of the Advisory Council, presented the awards during an Oct. 10, 2002 ceremony that was the centerpiece of the 2002 National Trusts National Preservation Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Receiving the award for the institute was state underwater archaeologist Christopher Amer.
Other organizational recipients included the S.C. Department of Natural Resources; S.C. Educational Television; the S.C. Hunley Commission; the U.S. Department of Defense; the National Park Service; U.S. Navy; U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Friends of the Hunley; the National Geographic Society; the National Underwater and Marine Agency (Clive Cussler), and Oceaneering International and Titan Maritime.
Oceaneering International designed the truss system that supported the Hunley during the lift and transport to the lab. Titan Marine conducted the lift.
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