Photo by Jim Bender, 2007

Designation: 6-pdr Gun M1827
Model: 6-pdr Field Gun M1827
Identification No: McClurg 182: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: McClurg Pittsburg Foundry
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)
Item: 2 cannon with carriages and outfit of cannon balls
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: amended by Rep Sloan
Provider: Sec War
On loan to: Town of Russellville
Reference: GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5199; pdf pg 861
Document: TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918
Owner Reference No: unknown


Comments: 182 on trunnion end.


Known problems with data:
182 on trunnion end vice muzzle face


Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: City of Russellville, KY
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Veterans Memorial Park
Main St at 4th St
Russellville, Kentucky, USA
Lat/Long36.845215-86.887687 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

In-House private documents:

TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918

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Last update to record: 2024-11-05

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