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| Designation: | 10in Light Mortar M1840 |
| Model: | 10in Siege Mortar M1840 |
| Identification No: | Alger 04: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Year : | 1842 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Mortar |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | as many cannon of iron or bronze as desired |
| Request doc.: | 41st Congress, Session II, HR 194, 323 by Mr Paine |
| Year: | 1870 |
| Delivery Doc: | 41st Congress, Session II, JR 026, Mar 23, 1870 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | cemetery and soldiers monument |
| On loan to: | National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers |
| Reference: | https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(cg0899)) |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Dayton National Cemetery | |
| 4400 W Third St | ||
| Dayton, Ohio, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 39.746969-84.260052 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 239: C117, 1 |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05