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

Photos of Lantern Construction

Plotting out the inside cylinder.

Plotting out the inside cylinder.

Soldering inside cylinder.

Soldering inside cylinder.

Turning inside cylinder base.

Turning inside cylinder base.

Forming the frustum.

Forming the frustum.

Forming inside cylinder on slip-roll.

Forming inside cylinder on slip-roll.

Wiring the inside cylinder base.

Wiring the inside cylinder base.

Soldering fuel tank base.

Soldering fuel tank base.

Soldering the frustrum.

Soldering the frustum.