{"id":572,"date":"2026-05-14T17:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musaboca.org\/?post_type=investigacion&p=572"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:35:40","slug":"naufragios-incendios-e-inundaciones","status":"publish","type":"investigacion","link":"https:\/\/musaboca.org\/en\/investigacion\/naufragios-incendios-e-inundaciones\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipwrecks, fires and floods"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Archaeological collection and mapping program. \u201cLearning from past lessons: shipwrecks, fires and floods in the port of La Boca, Buenos Aires\u201d <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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This project aims to collect and analyze, from an archaeological perspective, a set of data on historical events such as floods, fires, and shipwrecks in the port of La Boca. Through various lines of research, the project seeks to reflect on the importance of data related to disasters, shipwrecks, fires in the port, on board vessels, or on land, and floods in the La Boca neighborhood. This project, the first of its kind, has compiled a database on the subject and is carried out in collaboration with the La Boca Volunteer Fire Department and the Vuelta de Rocha Volunteer Fire Department.<\/span><\/p>

In 2025, the first phase, entitled \u201cLearning from Past Lessons: Shipwrecks, Fires, and Floods in the Port of La Boca, Buenos Aires,\u201d was carried out. This phase involved recording and cataloging 4,800 events: 199 shipwrecks, 4,177 fires and fire outbreaks, and 482 floods (water level: 2.60 meters above the Riachuelo River's zero level). The resulting work includes documentary and published resources, photographs, and oral histories of lived experiences. The project was conducted at the La Boca Historical Museum Foundation, with support from the Lloyd's Register Foundation, and was directed by Dr. Marcelo Weissel. Local and national Argentine institutions collaborated on the project. Credits include local firefighters of La Boca and Vuelta de Rocha, the Casa Museo Carpintero de Ribera, the Museo Conventillo \u201cMarjan Grum\u201d, the Museo Arqueol\u00f3gico de La Boca and the Underwater Archaeology Program of the National Institute of Anthropology.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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