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Designation: 10in Columbiad M1844
Model: 10in Gun M1844
Identification No: Fort Pitt 04: US


Designed by: George Bomford
Built at: Fort Pitt Foundry
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
construction no: 166
Year : 1853
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: Three 10in Columbiads
Request doc.: via Secretary of War
Year: 1897
Delivery Doc: Ordnance Dept Ltr 16305, Mar 8, 1897
Provider: Sec War
Arsenal: Allegheny
On loan to: GAR Post
Reference: Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 61



Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Soldier and Sailors Memorial Hall
Gen Matthew B Ridgway
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Lat/Long40.4442750-79.9554722 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 254: C142, 04

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Last update to record: 2024-11-05

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