Photo by Jim Bender, 2020

Designation: 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon
Model: 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2
Identification No: Alger 124: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Alger, Cyrus and Company
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
construction no: 1178
Year : 1862
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 2 bronze or brass cannon or fieldpieces with carriages and outfit of cannon balls
Request doc.: 63rd Congress, Session III, SB 5495 by Sen Chamberlain, amended
Year: 1914
Delivery Doc: 63rd Congress, Session III, Chap 178, Act of Mar 4, 1915
Document instructions: HR 16707 (Rep Bowdle) added by House Mil Affairs Cmte
Provider: Sec War
On loan to: City of Norwood
Reference: GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5194; pdf pg 856



Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: City of Norwood, OH
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Victory Park
4420 Montgomery Road
Norwood, Ohio, USA
Lat/Long39.1587333-84.4575750 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 313: D109, 09

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Last update to record: 2025-02-21

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