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Civil War High Tech: Excavating the Hunley and Monitor

Moderator: Merritt Roe Smith
Maria Jacobsen
David A. Mindell PhD '96
Brendan Foley PhD '03
April 25, 2003
Running Time: 3:02:22
About the Lecture

About the Lecture

In the last few years, archaeologists have recovered two of the Civil War’s most ingenious inventions: the Union ironclad warship Monitor and the Confederate submarine Hunley. In this symposium panelists discuss the newest technology projects that have brought these inventions to light from the sea depths, and what they can teach about technology and the Civil War.

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  • Location: Killian Hall

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About the Speakers

About the Speakers

Moderator: Merritt Roe Smith

Leverett and William Cutten Professor of the History of Technology

Maria Jacobsen

Hunley Project conservator

David A. Mindell PhD '96

Frances and David Dibner Associate Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing Macvicar Faculty Fellow

David A. Mindell is the Frances and David Dibner Associate Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing, MIT Program in Science, Technology and Society. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Literature from Yale University in 1988. He earned a Ph.D. from MIT in 1996.

Brendan Foley PhD '03

History and Social Study of Science and Technology graduate student

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About the Host

DeepArch Research Group in Technology, Archaeology and the Deep Sea

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