Cemetery Conservation Videos

Cemetery Conservation

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  Dangers in a Cemetery

  National Center for Preservation, Technology, and Training explores possible dangers in Cemeteries.

  Duration:

  12 minutes, 20 seconds

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  Lifting and Hoisting Stone Grave markers

  This video covers the basic procedures for resetting a stone grave marker while using a lifting or hoisting system. Two important things to remember are to exercise personal safety first and to do no harm to the grave marker. These are structures may be surprisingly heavy yet delicate and a great amount of care must be exercised when moving and handling them.

  Duration:

  5 minutes, 40 seconds

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  Materials in Cemeteries

  In this video, National Center for Preservation, Technology, and Training is going to go around different cemeteries and look at different materials, different stone types, look at concrete, metals, look at brick systems, and how those interact with new mortars and historic mortars, and really look at a variety of materials and what that means to us for conservation.

  Duration:

  16 minutes

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  Iron Fence Repair

  Materials Conservator Jason Church demonstrates how to properly repair an iron fence. A Spanish language version of this video is planned.

  Duration:

  9 minutes, 2 seconds

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  Resetting Ground Supporting Headstones: Resetting Volume 3

  Grave markers may need to be reset for a variety of reasons. At Chalmette National Cemetery there are issues with the stones sinking and leaning due to the high water table, occasional flooding, and other natural disasters. The techniques that we will cover in this video are applicable to any grave marker that is ground supported, that is to say that it has no other base and is held upright only by the pressure of the earth.

  Duration:

  7 minutes, 54 seconds

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  Removing Invasive Trees Abutting Cemetery Monuments

  Sigfedo E. Faria demonstrates techniques for removing invasive trees abutting cemetery monuments

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 12 seconds

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  Removing Vegetation Growing in Soil Buildup on Cemetery Hardscapes

  Sigfredo E. Faría discusses removing vegetation growing in soil buildup on cemetery hardscapes

  Duration:

  2 minutes, 35 seconds

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  Herbicide Application

  Sigfredo E Faria discusses herbicide application.

  Duration:

  4 minutes, 8 seconds

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  Overview of Herbicides

  Sigfredo E. Faría discusses a variety of herbicides and their proper uses.

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 24 seconds

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  Maintaining Japanese Lawn Grass (zyoysia japonica) in Cemeteries.mp3

  Sigredo E. Faria discusses maintaining Japanese lawn grass (zyoysia japonica) in cemeteries

  Duration:

  2 minutes, 37 seconds