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| Designation: | 20in Rodman |
| Model: | 20in Rodman Gun |
| Identification No: | Fort Pitt 1: US |
| Designed by: | Rodman, Thomas Jackson |
| Built at: | Fort Pitt Foundry |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| construction no: | 2063 |
| Year : | 1864 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | one 20-inch gun |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1901 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 34619, Jul 14, 1900 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Ft Hamilton |
| On loan to: | Borough of Brooklyn & Queens |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Fiscal year 1901 appendix 1 pg 72-73 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Borough of Brooklyn & Queens | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | John Paul Jones Park | |
| Shore Parkway 101st St | ||
| Brooklyn, New York, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 40.611589-74.034443 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 265C169, 1 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2024-11-05