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| Designation: | 8in Rodman Gun M1861 |
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| Model: | 8in Columbiad M1861 |
| Identification No: | Fort Pitt 26: US |
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| Designed by: | Rodman, Thomas Jackson |
| Built at: | Fort Pitt Foundry |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| construction no: | 1676 |
| Year : | 1863 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Government |
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| Item: | one 8in Columbiad |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1898 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 30298, Sep 24, 1898 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Fort Monroe |
| On loan to: | Sheridan Post no 28 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 53 |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Current Custodian: | Sheridan Post no 28 GAR |
| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Veterans Memorial |
| | South St at Crescent St |
| Biddeford, Maine, USA |
| Lat/Long | 43.492537-70.459802 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 229: C98, 09 |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05
