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Another cannon photo I've never seen before: Charleston SC Columbiads
« on: November 23, 2012, 03:26:15 PM »

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Re: Another cannon photo I've never seen before: Charleston SC Columbiads
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2012, 08:43:26 PM »
Thought someone posted that one recently.
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Re: Another cannon photo I've never seen before: Charleston SC Columbiads
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2012, 01:59:27 AM »
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Thought someone posted that one recently.
That's possible but I didn't see it.  Or, maybe you were thinking of the pic I posted of Dahlgren guns lined up in Charlestown, MA Navy Yard.
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Re: Another cannon photo I've never seen before: Charleston SC Columbiads
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2012, 01:59:46 AM »
I believe that you're thinking of a similar stereoscopic photo of Dahlgrens that he also posted.
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Re: Another cannon photo I've never seen before: Charleston SC Columbiads
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2012, 07:32:09 PM »
OK, the composition was certainly similar.
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Re: Another cannon photo I've never seen before: Charleston SC Columbiads
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2012, 02:33:55 AM »
Until I enlarged it I didn't see the stack of artillery projectiles in the background.  Any idea of when this image was taken?
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Re: Another cannon photo I've never seen before: Charleston SC Columbiads
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2012, 02:30:57 PM »
Sorry I can't find that Ebay auction again, not sure why, checked closed auctions too.  Wanted to see if any more info was given.  This pic has to be showing Charleston Arsenal, and guessing at date I'd say 1862-4 sometime.  The Rebs have had time to make that many nice new Columbiads but haven't yet distributed them.  It'd be great if someone did some work on the image and picked out the trunnion markings.
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Re: Another cannon photo I've never seen before: Charleston SC Columbiads
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2012, 01:48:36 AM »
Quote from: GGaskill on November 24, 2012, 07:32:09 PM
OK, the composition was certainly similar.

Don't feel bad, I did the exact same thing; at first I thought that the cannonmn was slipping, then it dawned on me that the other photo showed rows of Dahlgren shell guns.
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