10A • August 14, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com
SAVE OUR CANNON!
Corgis take
the stage
Local cultural icon gets a makeover
Cannon from Page 1A
The restoration cost
$50,000 between the con-
servation process and ship-
ping. Coaster Construction
had to tear down a wall to
get the one-ton cannon out
of the museum for repair.
The Shark’s capstan, used to
raise and lower the anchor
of a ship, had not been treat-
ed well, either, Trucke said.
Leading the way in ma-
rine conservation, staff and
students at Texas A&M gave
the cannon a special chem-
ical bath to remove rust.
They used dental tools on
the capstan because it was so
delicate, Trucke added.
The cannon and capstan
were both later dipped into
wax, which soaks into the
objects and creates a pro-
tective seal, she noted. It
was returned to Cannon
Beach in fall 2014. “When
they got here and we
opened up the crates, the
cannon and capstan looked
like they were brand new
off the ship,” Trucke said.
But the museum did not
have the facilities for prop-
erly storing or displaying
the cannon. Trucke said the
cannon and capstan need a
humidity level of 40 per-
cent or lower. The muse-
um has a humidity level of
about 60 percent.
While planning began for
a future exhibit, scheduled
for January 2016, the cannon
and capstan were shipped
to the Maritime Museum in
2014. They now await a re-
turn to Cannon Beach.
A GoFundMe account
called “Save Our Cannon”
seeks to help pay for the
design, construction and
installation of the new ex-
hibit, estimated at a cost of
$30,000. The museum plans
to hire Formations, a design
company in Portland, to
construct the microenviron-
ment. The Braemar Trust
recently awarded the muse-
um $10,000 for the project.
Remaining funds are being
SUBMITTED PHOTO
A photo taken at Cannon
View Park near the site of
the first post office in Arch
Cape, where the cannon was
found.
sought through contributions.
“What a great cause for
something so important to
our history,” wrote Kelly
Mauer, who made a dona-
tion on GoFundMe.
The cannon, Trucke
said, has become a part of
the city’s cultural identity
and international tourist
attraction. “It’s almost as
iconic of an image as Hay-
stack Rock,” she said.
It even has a cocktail
named after it.
If the funds are raised
and the exhibit moves
ahead as planned, it will
be a celebration for not just
Cannon Beach, but for Arch
Cape and South County.
“It’s the community’s,”
Trucke said, “it’s not the
museum’s.”
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Cannon Beach’s USS Shark cannon was red, rusted from
years in the elements, before being sent off to Texas A&M.
DANI PALMER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Two-year-old Gus, right, may look fierce, but he’s just
having fun with his new friend, Butters, 1. Gus, from
Bremerton, Washington, and Butters, from Seattle,
joined more than 100 corgis in Cannon Beach for 2015’s
Corgi Day at the Beach event on Saturday, Aug. 1.
Featuring:
SUBMITTED PHOTO/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Model of the USS Shark,
now on display at the Can-
non Beach History Center
and Museum, was hand-
made by Warren Ulrich af-
ter he became intrigued by
the skills it took to live and
work on a masted vessel.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
A crew from Coaster Con-
struction works to get the
USS Shark cannon out of
the Cannon Beach History
Center and Museum.
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