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Archaeological sonar survey, Lepanto (Naupactus, Greece) - Harold E. Edgerton, Bob Sadock, 1972

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1972-06-
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Naupactus, Greece
Measurements: 2" x 2"

Harold E. Edgerton and Bob Sadock show a sonargraph to three little girls (Peter Throckmorton's daughters?); the sonargraph, produced during a 1972 archaeological survey of the Lepanto battle site (near Naupactus, Greece), appears to show the sonar signal for the so-called "Pump Wreck". (CC)


HEE-SC-01957

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