Thank you sir! Excellent answer, and here are a few photos of these guns. They are all dated 1828, but only 4 of 5 are rifled. That's right, more early war, 48 pdr., conversion rifles. There is also a small, very corroded Rev. War piece there as well.
And we thought this was going to be a 2 or 3 day puzzler; you guys are getting very good at this type of research.
An afternoon salute to you, Ex49'er!
Tracy and Mike
Taken from the Hurricane Barrier, this shot shows all 5 24pdrs.
We rarely leave an interesting location before sunset; no exception here.
The 24 pdr smoothbore and 3 of 4 of the 48 pdr. conversion rifles on Wood, Seacoast, Front Pintle, Barbette Carriages at Ft. Phoenix.
James System rifling here, very similar to Parrott rifling, but no gain twist. Gen. Quincy Gilmore used some of this size and type rifled guns in his investment of Ft. Pulaski, Georgia in 1862.
This smoothbore cannon from 1777 was brought here after being captured in the Bahamas from a British ship and then retaken nearby when the British burned New Bedford and then taken back, but minus the trunnions which were hammered off while in British hands. Bore is blocked, so we can't tell what the bore size is.
Found in the attic of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Info anybody?
And another one, sorry these aren't better pics, but I was over the velvet ropes into some roped off area, so had to be quick.
Finally, some really nice craftsmanship in quartersawn white oak. This is just a landing at the top of several steps leading to the dock. The ship was a 4/5 scale fully rigged whaling ship INSIDE!! the museum with big copper rendering pots and all the other specialized equipment including a complete collection of harpoons as well.
