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| Designation: | 18-pdr Gun, Tercio de culebrina |
| Model: | 18-pdr Gun, Spanish |
| Identification No: | 1701 |
| Name: | Peleador |
| Designed by: | La Real Fabrica de Artilleria de Sevilla |
| Built at: | La Real Fabrica de Artilleria de Sevilla |
| Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain | |
| Year : | 1787 |
| 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 1701 Sevillia 19 de Octubre de 1787"; reinforce: "III"; chase: "Peleador"; left trunnion: "Cobre de America"; right trunnion: "P 4375" |
| Provider: | Secretary of War |
| Use: | Spanish American War Memorial |
| On loan to: | Loan to State of Wisconsin, issued to Mayor of La Crosse |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Fiscal year 1901, appx 2, pg 88 |
| Comments: | Cypher of King Charles III of Great Britain |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | State of Wisconsin | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | USS Maine Memorial in Riverside Park | |
| 100 State St | ||
| La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 43.8167389-91.2559417 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05