Robert J. Walker Shipwreck Mapping Project

Summary

The Robert J Walker a paddlewheel steamshipin the service US Coast Survey, and predecessor to NOAA Office of Coast Survey, before it was lost  after a collision at sea in 1860. The wreck, identified in 2013 by NOAA was placed on the US National Parks Service, National Register of Historic Places. To document and protect the site, NOAA requested that a consortium of groups undertake the archaeological site work as a cooperative operation between governmental, non-governmental and academic institutions to preserve our national maritime heritage. This consortium included local divers, represented by the NJ Historical Divers Association, Stockton University and Black Laser Learning. Data from Stockton's remote sensing and divers thoroughly measured, surveyed and photo documented the site.  Integration of data from multiple sensors allowed reconstruction of the site to produce multi-layered GIS products to support conservation of this historic site and to promote its use in the dive community.             

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Community Archaeology: New Partnerships and Projects between Federal, Academic and Non-Profit Organizations   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2016

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 145