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| Designation: | 18-pdr Gun, Tercio de culebrina |
| Model: | 18-pdr Gun, Spanish |
| Identification No: | 8388 |
| Name: | Gral Alvarez 1809 |
| Designed by: | La Real Fabrica de Artilleria de Sevilla |
| Built at: | La Real Fabrica de Artilleria de Sevilla |
| Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain | |
| Year : | 1845 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 6.1in smoothbore gun, bronze, 74in length, 1275 pouinds |
| Year: | 1901 |
| Document instructions: | breech band: "8388 Sevilla 13 de Agosto de 1845"; right trunnion: "P1276"; left trunnion:" Bronces Refundidos"; top of muzzle: "Gral Alvarez"; muzzle: "C.24 A.", with handles |
| Provider: | Secretary of War |
| Use: | Spanish American War Memorial |
| On loan to: | Loan to State of Pennsylvania, issued to Mayor of Alegheny |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Fiscal year 1901, appx 2, pg 86 & 87 |
| Comments: | Cypher of Queen Isabella V, captured at Santiago, Cuba 1898 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | State of Pennsylvania | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Allegheny Commons East Park | |
| Cedar Ave at Lockhart St | ||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 40.4522139-80.0017833 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| waymarking.com by The Leprechauns |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2024-11-05