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Designation: 10in Light Mortar M1840
Model: 10in Siege Mortar M1840
Identification No: Fort Pitt 12: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Fort Pitt Foundry
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Year : 1861
Item Category: Artillery, Mortar

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 4 iron cannon
Request doc.: 47th Congress, Session I, HR 6419 by Rep Robinson
Year: 1882
Delivery Doc: 47th Congress, Session I, Chap 279, Act of July 7, 1882
Provider: Sec War
Use: monumental purposes
On loan to: Otis Chapman Post no 103 GAR
Reference: https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/



Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Fairview Cemetery
687 Front St
Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA
Lat/Long42.140243-72.588578 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 255: C145, 05

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Last update to record: 2024-11-05

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