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Molly Pitcher
« on: September 23, 2011, 08:42:36 PM »
http://www.cumberlink.com/news/local/article_bbd3d328-e660-11e0-95a4-001cc4c03286.html
 
   restoring another cannon - evan if it is a replica
 
   sorry to say i have ived here all my life and never knew it was there
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Re: Molly Pitcher
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2011, 02:45:20 AM »
Nice to see local people taking care of local treasures, good work guys.
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Re: Molly Pitcher
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2011, 07:06:24 AM »
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Re: Molly Pitcher
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2011, 09:20:23 AM »
The steel wheels of the gun carriage confirmed it was a replica. A real cannon from that era would be mounted on wooden wheels.

What's wrong with this picture?
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Re: Molly Pitcher
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2011, 09:29:43 AM »
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Re: Molly Pitcher
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2011, 09:32:13 AM »
Nice story, it's good to know that people care about this cannon.

One thing did make me raise an eyebrow however.
It says that they identified it as a replica based on the fact that the wheels on the carriage are made from steel not wood.

That doesn't strike me as a very reliable method, as historical cannon are very frequently displayed on reproduction carriages.
In fact, I'd guess that majority of the cannon I have ever seen were displayed on some kind of reproduction carriage or base.
In an outdoors display, I expect wooden wheels would be the first things to go.

I hope they didn't just sandblast and epoxy a real relic!

EDIT: The guys above beat me to it :D
Glad I'm not the only one to notice this...
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Re: Molly Pitcher
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2011, 02:19:42 PM »
well i stopped by and took some photos today and it is a reproduction gun on an all metel carriage.    cast around a sleeve with raised mold half marks the length of the top and bottom of the tube - it was molded in halfs with the trunnions down. no vent hole and rough finish approx. 3" bore and 42" total lenght, the trunnions are centered at 20.5" frm the muzzel.     will post pics soon - when i figure out how ;)
 
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