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13 Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project UNESCO Accredited NULL Dr. Kathy Abbass https://www.rimap.org/ rhodeislandmap@yahoo.com Local Training,Academic,Policy,Reasearch Documentation,Mapping,Training/capacity building,Volunteer co-ordination The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) was created in 1992 to ... more
The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) was created in 1992 to include members of the diving and non-diving public in a professionally organized and directed effort to study Rhode Island's maritime history and marine archaeology. RIMAP is a federally approved 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization with an interest in the maritime history and marine archaeology of Narragansett Bay, the Sounds, the state's rivers, and other inland waters, and how all of these connect Rhode Island to the wider world. We are very proud of our work, and each year our fundraising efforts are reinvested into ongoing research, marine archaeology and delivering and developing education and outreach programs to help inform the public about this rich area of cultural heritage.
 2021-07-07 22:33:04 RIMAP - USA
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Org ID 13
Project Name The Ships of Namquid/Gaspee Point
Project URL https://www.rimap.org/the-other-vessels
Project Description Rhode Island patriots attacked and burned HMS Gaspee in 1772 in response to increasing British interference in local trade. RIMAP began a study of this area in 2015, starting with two 19th-century vessels in the area. As part of its citizen scientist training program, the teams documented the curre... more
Rhode Island patriots attacked and burned HMS Gaspee in 1772 in response to increasing British interference in local trade. RIMAP began a study of this area in 2015, starting with two 19th-century vessels in the area. As part of its citizen scientist training program, the teams documented the current conditions and natural destruction of these sites. For the 250th anniversary of the burning of the Gaspee, local businesses and individuals supported RIMAP’s conclusive study of the spit where the vessel was known to have gone aground and was burned. RIMAP assembled experts to conduct the side scan sonar, sub bottom, and magnetometry surveys of the area in 2021-2. RIMAP volunteer divers ground-truthed the targets generated by those data in 2021-3 and the RIMAP land team volunteers established a research station on the nearby shore to manage the related shallow-water and land-side investigation. This effort was promoted as an opportunity for the public to observe the archaeological teams at work. Multiple presentations, publications, and a video document the various phases of this project, and RIMAP created an exhibit at the Warwick Public Library about its studies at Gaspee Point. On the advice of the SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office) coordinates are redacted.
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Record Created 2024-06-04 00:39:06
Record Creator snelsonmaney
Project Location 255
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Org ID 13
Project Name RI 2130 - The Fort Adams Marine Railway
Project URL https://www.rimap.org/new-page
Project Description Fort Adams is an early 19th-century US Army fort that in the 20th century sponsored a shipyard to repair and service the vessels that supported the troops stationed there. The shipyard included a marine railway used to draw out of the water craft as long as 100’ and after repair to return them to ac... more
Fort Adams is an early 19th-century US Army fort that in the 20th century sponsored a shipyard to repair and service the vessels that supported the troops stationed there. The shipyard included a marine railway used to draw out of the water craft as long as 100’ and after repair to return them to active service. The marine railway was built before the Korean War by Newport’s Crandall Shipyard, known in the 19th-century for building ocean going vessels. That business is now a major marine engineering firm located in Boston, and the original construction documents are still housed in the firm’s archives. RIMAP field teams compared the railway’s current structural details with the original marine railway specifications and has documented the continuing site disturbance by natural and human causes. On the advice of the SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office) coordinates are redacted.
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Record Created 2024-06-04 00:43:55
Record Creator snelsonmaney
Project Location 255
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Org ID 13
Project Name Newport's Brenton Cove
Project URL https://www.rimap.org/the-other-vessels
Project Description There are four vessels known to have been abandoned in Newport’s Brenton Cove, one of which was the reputed Slave Ship Gem. RIMAP teams described the physical remains of these ships, including the one insecurely identified as a slaver that was abandoned there after the Civil War. Historical studies ... more
There are four vessels known to have been abandoned in Newport’s Brenton Cove, one of which was the reputed Slave Ship Gem. RIMAP teams described the physical remains of these ships, including the one insecurely identified as a slaver that was abandoned there after the Civil War. Historical studies suggested that slaving was not the Gem’s history, but the study also illustrated the emotional relationship of Rhode Island as the apex of the triangle trade between Africa, the Caribbean, and Rhode Island. The results were published in the SHA/ACUA proceedings. On the adice of the SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office) coordinates are redacted.
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Record Created 2024-06-04 00:46:26
Record Creator snelsonmaney
Project Location 255
Project Sdgs 0
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Org ID 13
Project Name The Vessels Lost in RI during the Revolutionary War - Part I
Project URL https://www.rimap.org/the-other-vessels
Project Description RIMAP’s early studies of the ships lost in local waters during the American Revolution included preliminary studies of HMS Lark, Cerberus, and Orpheus, three of the four Royal Navy frigates intentionally destroyed along the western shore of Aquidneck Island on August 5, 1778. Sonar searches to find ... more
RIMAP’s early studies of the ships lost in local waters during the American Revolution included preliminary studies of HMS Lark, Cerberus, and Orpheus, three of the four Royal Navy frigates intentionally destroyed along the western shore of Aquidneck Island on August 5, 1778. Sonar searches to find HMS Juno in Coddington Cove were not successful, but the sub-bottom survey suggested the presence of one ship that was not confirmed, and that could be one of two British transport/victuallers that were also lost there at the same time. The RIMAP partners for these studies were the US Navy and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. The Office of Naval Research and NOAA sponsored a special remote sensing demonstration that featured RIMAP’s work on these Royal Navy sites, and their video was titled “Partnerships Run Deep.” On the advice of the SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office) coordinates are redacted.
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Record Created 2024-06-04 00:48:10
Record Creator snelsonmaney
Project Location 255
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Project Main Image NULL
Org ID 13
Project Name The Vessels Lost in RI during the Revolutionary War - Part II
Project URL https://www.rimap.org/the-other-vessels
Project Description RIMAP’s very first archaeological fieldwork in 1993 was a sonar survey to locate the fleet of 13 privately-owned British transports scuttled in Newport’s Outer Harbor August 5-9, 1778, in the days leading up to the Battle of Rhode Island in the American Revolution. In the years since, continued remo... more
RIMAP’s very first archaeological fieldwork in 1993 was a sonar survey to locate the fleet of 13 privately-owned British transports scuttled in Newport’s Outer Harbor August 5-9, 1778, in the days leading up to the Battle of Rhode Island in the American Revolution. In the years since, continued remote sensing, diver ground-truthing, plus background historical research, have located and created pre-disturbance maps of 10 of these vessels. RIMAP volunteers, under professional direction, have conducted test excavations at three of these sites. Although the identification of each ship in each site is still unclear, and although less is known about the history of these commercial vessels than the more glamorous naval ships, RIMAP’s studies have demonstrated their significance for the outcome of that war. On the advice of the SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office) coordinates are redacted.
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Record Created 2024-06-04 00:49:42
Record Creator snelsonmaney
Project Location 255
Project Sdgs 0
Video Url NULL
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ID 22
Project Main Image NULL
Org ID 13
Project Name The Vessels Lost in RI during the Revolutionary War - Part III
Project URL https://www.rimap.org/the-other-vessels
Project Description RIMAP’s study of the Newport transport fleet has generated a great amount of international interest in local maritime history because one of the vessels, the Lord Sandwich, had been Capt. Cook’s Endeavour Bark of his first circumnavigation. RIMAP’s historical studies of the transports overturned th... more
RIMAP’s study of the Newport transport fleet has generated a great amount of international interest in local maritime history because one of the vessels, the Lord Sandwich, had been Capt. Cook’s Endeavour Bark of his first circumnavigation. RIMAP’s historical studies of the transports overturned the 170-year-long history of where the Endeavour was to be found in Newport Harbor, and RIMAP’s archaeological investigations have focused on a group of five sites, one of which might be that iconic vessel. Continued RIMAP fieldwork has not generated adequate proof that one site, RI 2394, is the Endeavour, to the disappointment of others interested in Cook and his explorations. At the end of this study, and following UNESCO and State protocols, RIMAP has properly closed RI 2394 and recommends that RI 2394 not be reopened without a valid scientific reason. The various phases of these transport studies have been documented in multiple publications, presentations, and videos, and all reports are available for free download on the www.rimap.org website. On the advice of the SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office) coordinates are redacted.
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Record Created 2024-06-04 00:51:09
Record Creator snelsonmaney
Project Location 255
Project Sdgs 0
Video Url NULL
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