Notes on the Preservation of the 15 Inch Rodman Gun, Top Carriage, and Chasis: Ship Island
Dugan JJ and Kay WK. 1980. Notes on the Preservation of the 15 Inch Rodman Gun, Top Carriage, and Chasis: Ship Island
The task is summarized in the Category of Support statement. The prime directive of the preservation ethic demands the preservation and retention of as much of the original fabric as possible. It is also axiomatic in museum conservancy and structural preservation that as little damage as possible be done the original fabric. This not only entails the careful dismantling and handling of an object or structure, but the need for refraining from offending the object with some irreversible process. Simply stated, we don't want to do anything we can't undo.