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John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« on: October 14, 2009, 01:55:47 PM »
was in filipstad today and took 31 photos if anyone is interested
but they are to large to post here
this is just a few small pictures
if anyone want them please send me an email and tell me how large mails you can recieve
sorry no muzzleface photos by obvious reasons  ;D
sharp markings
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 02:02:59 PM »
Nobody is taking care of them they are getting rusty........

You already have my address please box them up and send them to me

I will take better care of them I promise! ;D
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 02:12:05 PM »
Holy macaroon !

Those things are umongus......! Just like the photo hanging on my wall . ;)


I wonder why the back of the gun is rusted differantly than the front ? Differant composition ?
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 02:15:15 PM »
if you send me the money for the airfreight fee for 84 000 lbs of cannons I will take the discussion with the church  + 4000 lbs wood ( minimum ) for the boxes  ;D

its the same cannons

I would guess they are minimum 4,5 foot in diameter

airfreight fee is approximately $7 per lbs
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2009, 03:15:00 PM »
Shipping by boat would be fast enough, although still expensive.
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2009, 04:14:19 PM »
K bar  ;D ;D maybe you could book it as ballast on the next schooner over ! ;D

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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2009, 05:14:35 PM »
Quote from: RocklockI on October 14, 2009, 02:12:05 PM
I wonder why the back of the gun is rusted differantly than the front ? Differant composition ?

After casting, Dahlgren's 15-inch cannons only had the metal worked from the muzzle to the area behind the trunnions, the rear of the gun was left in a rough state.

It is a shame that these two guns are not being conserved with more vigor; there may be more, but as far as I know these two guns in Sweden, and one other belonging to a Hong Kong museum are the only three extant.

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RIP John. While on vacation July 4th 2013 in northern Wisconsin, he was ATVing with family and pulled ahead of everyone and took off at break-neck speed without a helmet. He lost control.....hit a tree....and the tree won.  He died instantly.

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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2009, 06:01:22 PM »
A can of black enamel paint can't hurt, can't cost too much and can't be too hard to find.  There must be a maintenance man for the grounds who could spend an hour or two painting them.
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2009, 06:16:30 PM »
Quote from: GGaskill on October 14, 2009, 06:01:22 PM
A can of black enamel paint can't hurt, can't cost too much and can't be too hard to find.  There must be a maintenance man for the grounds who could spend an hour or two painting them.

And George, just think, this is a socialist country; how come everything isn't perfect? :(
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2009, 07:05:34 PM »
Don't you remember how the state was going to wither away after the whole world was "socialist"?
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2009, 05:53:32 AM »
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2009, 07:29:27 AM »
That's a good site, Rich.

Dan; what is the song being sung in the second YouTube clip?
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2009, 09:01:29 AM »
ack värmeland du sköna, by Jussi Björling
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Re: John Ericssons grave in Filipstad Sweden with 2 15" cannons
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2009, 12:50:21 PM »
Thank you, Dan! I couldn't figure out how that song could possibly sound familiar to me. When you gave me the Swedish title, I googled it, and learned that an American jazz tenor saxaphonist named Stan Getz, had kind of "borrowed" the tune, and retitled it "Dear Old Stockholm," that's the tune that I knew. The song must have chord changes that jazz players really like to improvise upon, because a lot of great jazz players have covered the song, including Miles Davis, and John Coltrane. Whew! For a while there, I thought I was having some kind of paranormal experience. :o
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RIP John. While on vacation July 4th 2013 in northern Wisconsin, he was ATVing with family and pulled ahead of everyone and took off at break-neck speed without a helmet. He lost control.....hit a tree....and the tree won.  He died instantly.

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