North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Black Cloud Steamboat; Site Number: 41LB37; County: Liberty; State: TX; Country: USA; Ownership: _____; Landform: River;

Date of Site: AD 1850-1860; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euro-american; Site Type: Shipwreck; Site Size: ~644 sq m;

Survey Type: Magnetometry;

Instrument: Varian M-50 proton magnetometer with marine sensor head; Sampling Interval: _____; Prospecting Depth: _____; Area Surveyed: ~6,670 sq m; Date of Survey: Jan-1974; Land Cover Type: Water; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic contour map of the "Black Cloud" shipwreck location in the Trinity River;

 

Project Name: Black Cloud Steamboat, TX;

Reference: Arnold, J.B. (1974). A Magnetometer Survey of the Nineteenth Century Steamboat Black Cloud. Texas Archaeological Society 45:225-230 (used with permission).

Survey by: Texas Antiquities Committee

Survey for: Natural Gas Pipeline Company;

Report Location: NA; Report Type: Journal Article;

Abstract/Summary