From the March Hamburg(Pa) Area Item.
Students at Hamburg Area High School from grades 9-12 are combining American history, drafting, metal shop and web design all in one project where they are building three signal lanterns like the one shone by the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley in its famous attack on the USS Housatonic.
These are to match the one that is believed to have given the last signal from the historic vessel. A web site will be created to show their progress.
The best one will be taken to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, SC, where the Hunley is being preserved at present time. Plans call for it to be used in a re-enactment of the Hunley's last moments.
From the November 8, 2009 Republican Herald. The students will be divided into three teams of five and each will build their own replica lantern which was made of tin with a single lens. Each of these will have a different fuel to see if it was possible to see the blue light that Union soldiers ashore reported seeing at a great distance.
Great to Get the Kids Involved. --B-R'er
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