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Designation: 4.2in Parrott Rifle M1861
Model: 4.2in (30-pdr) Army Parrott Rifle M1861
Identification No: West Point 013: US


Designed by: Parrott, Robert Parker
Built at: West Point Foundry
Cold Springs, New York, USA
Year : 1861
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: one 30-pdr Parrott
Request doc.: via Secretary of War
Year: 1900
Delivery Doc: Ordnance Dept Ltr 34813, Jun 9, 1900
Provider: Sec War
Arsenal: Fort Pulaski
On loan to: Hennepin Post no 231 GAR
Reference: Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1900 appendix 3 pg 44



Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: Hennepin Post 231 GAR
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Walter Durley Boyle Park Veterans Memorial
100 block N 4th St
Hennepin, Illinois, USA
Lat/Long41.253483-89.343018 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 183: C9, 04

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Last update to record: 2024-11-05

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