cannon sightings

[Rickk]

I took a trip to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor last summer... saw a Rodman (that turned out to be fake - fiberglass - but they did a fairly nice job). Even the fake one looks lonely... they melted all the real ones down for WW1 




 "BOOM"



It would look good on my front yard.. No?


   "Daddy... lets take this one"
no idea what this is, but at least it isn't fiberglass. I have several more closeups if anyone needs to see them for anything.



In case POWDER,INC runs a sale... this is what you need to store it all in. The interior is lined with 100% wood... pegs or copper nails only.

[Rickk]

I also made it to Salem, Massachusetts a couple weeks ago (February 1).

I took these in front of the "Peabody Museum", which is located a block behind the "Salem Beer Works".

The is the left side of one gun... a carronade on a naval-style carrage)



This is the right side of a second one (matching pair it seems)



A front view of one of them... poor photography at almost midnight, but the sides of the carriage are not parallel...it is wider in the back than it is in the front... and the rear wheels are spaced farther apart than the front wheels are.

[Cat Whisperer]

GREAT PICTURES!!!

Including the family makes them GREAT!

Peabody museum - - been there when my Dad took us kids there - - 52 years ago!

[entsminger]

  Are you saying the big rodman cannon in one of your pictures is made of Fiberglass? If so can you tell me what size it might be ? A 15 incher? Yes I too want one like that for my front yard,  fiberglass or iron or whatever!! There was a company that made reproduction looking cannons out of fiberglass ( Big Guns) and I heard they did make a 10 inch Rodman out of fiberglass but I hear they went out of business?

  Scott Springston
  sdakss@aol.com

[seacoastartillery]

Scott,

     I was just talking to Sam Voight of www.greatguns.org just a few minutes ago and he says they are not only making these fiberglass replicas, but his attention to detail is paramount.  He bought the company last August because he likes cannons of all types so much and the product the previous owner was making was excellent.  He just told me, "I liked the company so much that I bought it!". 

     Sounded pretty good to me.  Maybe two 10" Rodmans, flanking the driveway would be nice.

Regards,

Tracy

[Rickk]

I climbed way up top cuz I wanted to take a picture of the bore.

I ripped my shirt, scratched myself on some thorns, and when I got there, this is what I found    :



 

[Cat Whisperer]

I've seen some shot-out bores before, but that one takes it!

[Rickk]

I think that was a bird's nest

[Double D]

Some one else not listening when I say don't use grass clipping for wadding....