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| Designation: | 6-pdr Gun M1841 |
| Model: | 6-pdr Field Gun M1841 |
| Identification No: | Ames 243: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Ames Manufacturing Co Chicoppe |
| Chicoppe, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Year : | 1860 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 2 bronze or brass cannon or fieldpieces with carriages |
| Request doc.: | 63rd Congress, Session III, SB 5495 by Sen Chamberlain, amended |
| Year: | 1915 |
| Delivery Doc: | 63rd Congress, Session III, Chap 178, Act of Mar 4, 1915 |
| Document instructions: | HR 16907 (Rep Mitchell) added by House Mil Affairs Cmte |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | to be placed in the public park |
| On loan to: | City of Waltham |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5194; pdf pg 856 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | City of Waltham | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Civil War Monument on Waltham Common | |
| 610 Main St | ||
| Waltham, Massachusetts, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 42.375598-71.235614 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 295: D58, 48 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2024-11-05