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Sometimes you find cannons ...
« on: February 15, 2009, 02:09:43 PM »
Sometimes you find cannons where you don't expect.
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2009, 02:10:45 PM »
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2009, 02:11:22 PM »
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2009, 02:16:26 PM »
Where/what is it.

Replica obviously.

Near a battlefield in the Shenandoah Valley, VA.
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2009, 02:59:51 PM »
So, by the look of the photo. It looks like a Lapan with a rare downward vent.....  :D  :D  :D
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2009, 03:50:43 PM »
I guess the rain water drains out the vent that way........
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2009, 06:01:00 PM »
    Nice pics, Tim.  Wonder what people dining at the Burger King thought as they saw camera flashes in the near distance.  You wonder if they were waiting for the Crime Scene Tape to be reeled out.  You're a man on a mission, Tim.  Thank you.

    Mike and I found a 24-Pdr. Siege Gun, Pattern 1819, cast in 1827 at Fort Washington, Maryland on the Potomac River last fall.  Sometimes you find cannons not as you expect them to be.  I called Mike over to take a look as I got close to this piece which was on a Wood, Front-Pintle, Seacoast, Barbette Carriage, and saw the left trunnion face.  See photos.

Tracy and Mike


The gun is mounted in a central position on the Terraplein high above the Potomac River.




This is the marking on the left trunnion viewed from the breech.  WPF (West point Foundry) upside down.  But why?




The reason for upside down mounting.  A badly eroded vent which would allow rainwater entrance to the bore.  The bore is sealed at the muzzle.


 
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2009, 12:46:00 AM »
Quote from: seacoastartillery on February 15, 2009, 06:01:00 PM
    Nice pics, Tim.  Wonder what people dining at the Burger King thought as they saw camera flashes in the near distance. 
....

I think it was something like: "another tourist".

Good explanation on the apparently upsidedown vent.



Two words in the name of the town.

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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2009, 12:47:15 AM »
Quote from: intoodeep on February 15, 2009, 02:59:51 PM
So, by the look of the photo. It looks like a Lapan with a rare downward vent.....  :D  :D  :D

Maybe it was because they wanted to fire it in the rain - and the tube would help keep the flame dry.
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2009, 07:57:25 AM »
Quote from: Cat Whisperer on February 15, 2009, 02:16:26 PM
Where/what is it.
Near a battlefield in the Shenandoah Valley, VA.

   This seasoned citizen is still pretty good at research, even though his vision must not be too good if he could not see your challenge the first time around. 

     This replica cannon is located at:  Latitude  38.648576
                                                Longtitude  -078.673386


You're welcome.

Tracy and Mike

P.S.  It's also in New Market, Virginia near one of the most interesting Battlefields in Virginia.  The cannon's specific, descriptive location is
172 West Old Cross Road,  New Market, Virginia which is the location of the Burger King Restaurant in New Market.  We have never seen this gun before, but we will certainly take a look the next time we are in this area of Virginia.
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Smokin' my pipe on the mountings, sniffin' the mornin'-cool,
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It's only the pick of the Army that handles the dear little pets - 'Tss! 'Tss!

From the poem  Screw-Guns  by Rudyard Kipling

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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2009, 12:21:56 PM »
Ya got it!

Good researching!

It was a little too late to visit the battlefield or the museum, but at least I got a shot of ONE cannon.
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2009, 12:44:26 PM »
Some body should go buy the Burger King Cannon  and clean it up.
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2009, 12:51:47 PM »
Quote from: Double D on February 16, 2009, 12:44:26 PM
Some body should go buy the Burger King Cannon  and clean it up.

I did think of making them an offer!  But that late at night I figure the owner(s) wouldn't be on site.

Maybe as a public service gesture ....
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Re: Sometimes you find cannons ...
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2009, 12:58:19 PM »
Getting a little closer (not B, but where the + mark is).

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