H.L. Hunley Signal Lantern Project
Hunley Submarine: Photo courtesy of Friends of the Hunley

Photos of Lantern Construction

Setting up the metal shop.

Setting up the metal shop.

Plotting the outside cylinder.

Plotting the outside cylinder.

Drilling light hole in outside cylinder.

Drilling light hole in outside cylinder.

Soldering outside cylinder.

Soldering outside cylinder.

Looking over the lantern plans.

Looking over the lantern plans.

Bending the outside cylinder in the brake.

Bending the outside cylinder in the brake.

Forming outside cylinder on slip-roll.

Forming outside cylinder on slip-roll.

Cutting cylinder metal on shears.

Cutting cylinder metal on shears.