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| Designation: | 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon |
| Model: | 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2 |
| Identification No: | Ames 044: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Ames Manufacturing Co Chicoppe |
| Chicoppe, Massachusetts, USA | |
| construction no: | 050 |
| Year : | 1862 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 3 bronze cannon split between Michias and Machiasport |
| Request doc.: | 62nd Congress, Session III, SB 8273 as amended |
| Year: | 1913 |
| Delivery Doc: | 62nd Congress, Session III, Chap 157, Act of Mar 4, 1913 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| On loan to: | Hannah Weston Chapter, DAR |
| Reference: | U.S. Statutes at Large, Volume 38 (1913-1915), 63rd Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/llsl-v38/ |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Hannah Weston Chapter, DAR | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Machias State Park - Fort O'Brien | |
| 506 Port Rd | ||
| Machiasport, Maine, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 44.689478-67.395642 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 313: D109, 60 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2024-11-05