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

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman; Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 1999

Summary

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.

Cite this Record

IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD AND FIBER FROM THE COMET, A LATE-NINETEENTH CENTURY LUMBER SCHOONER WRECKED ON SAN MIGUEL, CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA. Kathryn Puseman, Linda Scott Cummings. 1999 ( tDAR id: 378430) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BV7FZW

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Keywords

Material
Wood

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
San Miguel Island, Channel Islands, California, The Comet, Lumber Schooner, Late-Nineteenth Century, Wood and Fiber Identification

Geographic Keywords
San Miguel Island, Channel Islands National Park, California

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