Phase 1B Underwater Archaeological Report for the Onondaga ...

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Phase IB Underwater Archaeological Resources Report for Onondaga Lake Superfund Site
A17 1535 Arrive at A17 for inspection to determine documentation approach. Inspection shows the site to be two barges resting side
by side. The inshore barge is about 50% buried. The approach will be to document the inside barge with chest waders and
the outside one on scuba.
1550 Arrive at marina.
1600 AK departs to go out to buy chest waders.
1640 AK returns to marina with waders.
1650 Depart marina.
1705 Arrive hotel. End of day.
June 27, 2011
0700 Arrive marina. ST, AK & CS. Already at marina, SD & CW of CRE and KM & Pete Petrone of Parsons. Load gear. The plan for
today is to document the barges at A17, followed by more shallow water survey in the afternoon.
0745 Safety briefing.
0820 Depart marina for A17.
A17 0830 Arrive A17. Proceed to document A17-2 (inshore barge) and A17-1 (outer barge). The barges are identical spud barges. The
ends closest to the spud holders are vertical with vertical planking. The sides are vertical sides, built plank-on-frame.
Approximately half of A17-2 is buried below the shore. Much of the machinery is not visible and/or gone, as opposed to
A17-1, where the flywheel and other machinery is evident. The non-spud holder end of the barge is raked with transverse
planking. Phragmites cover about ½ of A17-2. A17-1 was not documented in as much detail as A17-2 because it will not be
impacted by the proposed shoreline improvements. Much of the interior structure of A17-1 is clearly visible, all the way
down to the stringers and floors. The barges are both very shallow with a depth of +/- 3’. The hull structures consisted of
planking, floors, and stringers. Those three, all connected, made up the entire depth of hull. The non-spud end of A17-1 had
a mound of concrete immediately adjacent to it. Inspection of the concrete suggested that it was formed by pouring it into
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