Photo by John Frick, 2025

Designation:	2.9in Parrott Rifle M1861
Model:	2.9in (10pdr) Parrott Rifle
Identification No:	West Point 207: US

Designed by:	Parrott, Robert Parker
Built at:	West Point Foundry
	Cold Springs, New York, USA
Year :	1862
Inspector:	Robert Parker Paarrott (RPP) 1861, 62
foundry no.:	905
weight:	943 lbs*
Item Category:	Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner:	Not in our records

Current Status:	Static Display
Access:	Free Indoor
Location:	Tonica Old Park
	LaSalle St at Uncas St
	Tonica, Illinois, USA
Lat/Long	41.2152889-89.0666750	Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 270: D12, 77

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7J63_Civil_War_Cannon_Tonica_Illinois

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Last update to record: 2026-01-21