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refer to record number 12823
| Designation: | 18-pdr Gun, Tercio de culebrina |
| Model: | 18-pdr Gun, Spanish |
| Identification No: | 1362 |
| Name: | Acicate |
| Designed by: | La Real Fabrica de Artilleria de Sevilla |
| Built at: | La Real Fabrica de Artilleria de Sevilla |
| Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain | |
| Year : | 1784 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 5.25in smoothbore gun, bronze, 124in length, 4300 pounds |
| Year: | 1901 |
| Document instructions: | base ring: "No 1362 Sevilla 23 de Julio de 1784"; reinforce: "III"; chase: "Acicate"; left trunnion: "Cobres Yngles y Mexico"; right trunnion: "P4325" |
| Provider: | Secretary of War |
| Use: | Spanish American War Memorial |
| On loan to: | State of Washington, issued to Mayor of Tacoma |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Fiscal year 1901, appx 2, pg 88 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Wright Park | |
| near S G St and S 5th St | ||
| Tacoma, Washington, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 47.258759-122.447809 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| metroparkstacoma.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/18211AFE-66B7-4CED-8C1E-177383772621 |
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Last update to record: 2025-12-01