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Relic Discussion => Artillery => Topic started by: CarlS on July 21, 2017, 07:11:24 PM

Title: Parrott Breech
Post by: CarlS on July 21, 2017, 07:11:24 PM

Anyone know where the cannon breech in the picture is located:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/echoman/Civil%20War%20Sites%20and%20Artifacts/Peninsula%20Campaign/Gloucester%20Point/DSC00992_edited.jpg)

Title: Re: Parrott Breech
Post by: emike123 on July 21, 2017, 07:54:24 PM

Tyndall's Point Fort, Gloucester County, VA.

Title: Re: Parrott Breech
Post by: CarlS on July 21, 2017, 09:54:27 PM

So it is.  Found another image on it that called it het "Douglas McGregor Cannon".  Kind of looks like a 100-lber size to me.

Here is another pic showing a piece of the tube laying on the ground nearby:

(http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc21/2013/glouchester9.jpg)

Very neat relic.  Looks like an interesting place to visit if in the area.  Anyone ever hear of any artillery relics coming from that area?