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In the summer of 1865, the S.S. Brother Jonathan struck a rock in a gale off the coast of Crescent City, leading to one of California's worst maritime disasters. Many lives, including several notable passengers, and millions in California gold were lost in the wreck.
The ship's resting place was located in the early 1990's and salvage operations have worked through the last decade, bringing hundreds of artifacts to the surface to be conserved, interpreted, and displayed in the Del Norte County Historical Society.
In this multiyear project an average of twenty youths a year assist the Flynn Maritime Conservation Lab with the restoration and conservation of glass artifacts from the shipwreck of the S.S. Brother Jonathan. Through the conservation process, students address the language arts, science, and history content standards. This restoration process involves biweekly water testing, cleaning of artifacts, setting up for desalinization, and recording of all processes conducted on each artifact.
