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Lifting and flipping USS Monitor's Condenser 🏗️💦 For the first time in 160 years, USS Monitor's condenser bed is rightside up! In this video series, you can watch our Conservation team separating the condenser and its support bed, flipping the bed, and lifting both elements into their new treatment tank. During the move, our team noticed a lump of concretion where the bed and condenser met. It turned out to be a rubber gasket! It's a mystery as to how it ended up wedged between the two. The ga

Time to start the celebrations! More than 150 years ago, the USS Monitor made history during the battle of Hampton Roads. And 46 years ago tomorrow, Monitor National Marine Sanctuary was designated to protect the resting time of this historic warship. Happy anniversary to Monitor National Marine Sanctuary! Learn more about your sanctuary at http://monitor.noaa.gov/. | NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries