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IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD AND FIBER FROM THE COMET, A LATE-NINETEENTH CENTURY LUMBER SCHOONER WRECKED ON SAN MIGUEL, CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA (1999)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Four wood samples and one fiber sample were identified from the Comet, a late-nineteenth century lumber schooner. This vessel wrecked in 1911 on San Miguel Island, Channel Islands National Park, California. Wood samples were recovered from the carrick bitt, the center part of the vessel's "log" windlass, and two treenails. A fiber sample used as caulking material between the vessel's outer hull planking also was identified.