INTER-TIDAL ZONE, BAY OF PANAMA

Abstract for presentation at Corrosion 2008 Marine Symposium- New orleans, Louisiana

Prepared by :Donald L. Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Speaker: Brent M. Wilson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Additional Authors: James P. Delgado, Texas A and M University; Larry E. Murphy, Submerged Resources Center, National Park Service, James D. Carr, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Abstract: Sub Marine Explorer, constructed of wrought and cast iron at a site near Brooklyn, New York on the East River in 1865 was subsequently transported to the Bay of Panama to serve as a platform for pearl diving in Archielago de las Perlas, Panama. Abandoned in 1867, and discovered at Isla San Telmo in 2001, it has been the subject of two field operations. The results of corrosion studies and sampling on site in February 2006 are presented in this paper.