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Offline Cannoneer

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Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« on: October 06, 2011, 08:04:22 AM »
Detroit Police Department's dive team discovers, and then later recovers an historic British gun from the Detroit River (with the help of a towing company).

http://www.freep.com/article/20111006/NEWS01/110060455/200-year-old-cannon-finally-pulled-out-Detroit-River


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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2011, 07:46:22 AM »
"Stone planned to put the cannon in water at Historic Ft. Wayne in Detroit on Wednesday to help protect it from rust. It will most likely be put on display at either the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle or the Detroit Historical Museum, he said."
You just have to love reporters........ and simple answers.... "put the cannon in water " "to help protect it from rust" oy-vey!
I guess most readers like the reporter wouldn't know if you let the gun dry out the surface would crumble into a pile of rust after being so long in the water.... by the looks of it for the time it has been submerged it is in very good condition...
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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2011, 08:09:54 AM »
I liked this part from the article:  "Boulevard & Trumbull Towing in Detroit often works with police to remove submerged items from water -- but the items are usually cars, boats or safes. "This is our first cannon," owner Gasper Fiore said."

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« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2011, 06:19:25 PM »
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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2011, 08:18:50 PM »
The photograph suffers from a lot of distortion due to the end-on view but I am guessing this was an obsolete gun that was thrown in the river for disposal when a more modern replacement arrived.  Or could be it was thrown in to keep it from being taken by an enemy attacker.
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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2011, 09:57:42 PM »
Quote from: Cannoneer on October 07, 2011, 08:09:54 AM
I liked this part from the article:  "Boulevard & Trumbull Towing in Detroit often works with police to remove submerged items from water -- but the items are usually cars, boats or safes.

 "Usually..... safes." Really? Who dumps a safe into a river?
 
 Any ACME anvils and/or coyote skeletons down there with all them safes?  :)
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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2011, 11:05:23 PM »
There is back story on this one; this is the 4th cannon they have recovered from the same site; Ruth is hoping this has nice trunnion marks.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/29394635/detail.html
 
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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2011, 03:01:19 AM »
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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2011, 02:53:09 PM »
Quote from: Victor3 on October 08, 2011, 09:57:42 PM
Quote from: Cannoneer on October 07, 2011, 08:09:54 AM
I liked this part from the article:  "Boulevard & Trumbull Towing in Detroit often works with police to remove submerged items from water -- but the items are usually cars, boats or safes.

 "Usually..... safes." Really? Who dumps a safe into a river?

Yeggs, of course; where do you think they dump the evidence? Now, I know that you're going to have to look that one up. :P  ;)

 
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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2011, 02:15:23 AM »
Associated Press photo.

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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2011, 09:26:12 AM »
Looks more modern in that picture.  Perhaps the troops didn't want to take it with them when they left and didn't want to leave it for the Americans, so into the river.
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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2011, 10:40:49 AM »
Quote from: GGaskill on October 11, 2011, 09:26:12 AM
Looks more modern in that picture.  Perhaps the troops didn't want to take it with them when they left and didn't want to leave it for the Americans, so into the river.

Hah!  The jokes on them, the Americans got it!
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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2011, 11:06:55 AM »
But not while we were enemies and not while it was relevant for warfare.   ;D
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Re: Another gun brought up from a watery grave
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2011, 11:38:21 AM »
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