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Offline Alangaq

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Fort Ontario Cannon
« on: August 28, 2009, 02:34:16 PM »
Though you guys might enjoy these photos I took during a recent business trip to the east coast.  These were taken at Fort Ontario in NY.
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Re: Fort Ontario Cannon
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2009, 06:41:34 AM »
Nice pictures. Thankyou for posting them. What's the thing in the back?
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Re: Fort Ontario Cannon
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2009, 06:47:46 AM »
the thing in the back is another cannon on a pintle mount and covered by a........ I dunno......hidious wooden thingy of some sort.....

I couldnt get a good photo of it because it was covered, and if you stand in front of it, you are on the edje of the fort wall, and you cant get far enough away to get a good shot
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Re: Fort Ontario Cannon
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2009, 08:40:27 AM »
Business trip to Oswego, NY.  At least you were there during the 3 weeks of summer...lol.

I was a contractor working at one of the power plants up there.  I spent 3 winters in all that snow.  But it sure is pretty in the summer.

Thanks for the pics.
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Re: Fort Ontario Cannon
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2009, 12:09:45 PM »
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hidious wooden thingy of some sort.....

Might be what they used to call a penthouse-that was the official name for a wooden shack-like thing built over the seacoast guns and carriages to protect from weather.  It could be taken down very easily if the gun had to be used.
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