Posted by Peter Tratechaud on August 23, 19100 at 22:42:43:
In Reply to: Tom Farnquist... posted by Matthew Williamson on August 23, 19100 at 04:25:09:
Quoted from the MSU website detailing the restoration of the bell.
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Bell Restoration
The bell, which was heavily coated with iron oxides and some iron corrosion deposits, has been restored to its original condition as a
working bell because it is a memorial to the ship's crew rather than a historical artifact.
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Quoted from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum website.
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Cleaning and Restoration of the Fitzgerald's Bell
The Center for Maritime and Underwater Resource Management (CMURM) of Michigan State University performed the initial cleaning of the bell in July of 1995, immediately
following the recovery by GLSHS on July 4. CMURM then delivered the bell to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point. From there, GLSHS continued restoring
the bell for use as the centerpiece of a memorial to the 29 men who died in the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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http://web.msu.edu/bell/16-11.jpg
http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/photos/41lightfoot.jpg
Two images of the bell, one from MSU, the other in the museum.