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| Designation: | 3in Ordnance Rifle M1861 |
| Identification No: | Phoenix 513: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Phoenix Iron Co |
| Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Year : | 1862 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | one 3in Iron Gun |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1898 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 19010, Mar 7, 1898 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Rock Island |
| On loan to: | Village of Beecher |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 50 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Village of Beecher | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Beecher Community Hall | |
| 673 Penfield St | ||
| Beecher, Illinois, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 41.342651-87.627365 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 277: D18, 65 |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05