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Relic Discussion => Artillery => Topic started by: Selma Hunter on April 25, 2017, 07:06:33 AM

Title: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: Selma Hunter on April 25, 2017, 07:06:33 AM

All,

I could not find the original thread. 

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/trending-now/civil-war-cannonballs-to-be-removed-from-pittsburgh-site1/515839499

Someone should reach out to these folks.

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: redbob on April 27, 2017, 07:04:05 PM

The latest article states that there are possibly a couple of hundred balls, that they may be pre Civil War and that until all of them are removed that they are being stored on site. The true facts are probably out there somewhere.

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: Dave the plumber on June 05, 2017, 06:34:48 AM

whatever happened with all this ??  Anyone know the final count, and where they went ??

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: speedenforcer on June 05, 2017, 02:40:16 PM

I have no doubt they are in pieces by now.  :'(

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: Jack Bell on June 15, 2017, 04:48:55 PM

I have heard that the total may be as high as 700, but no they have not confirmed any number above 300.

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: redbob on June 21, 2017, 10:08:58 AM

Here is the latest on the Pittsburg cannonballs along with a quote from our very own Steve Phillips:
http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/  and put in civil war cannonballs in the search box.

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: gandycreek on June 21, 2017, 12:30:03 PM

Quote from: redbob on June 21, 2017, 10:08:58 AM

Here is the latest on the Pittsburg cannonballs along with a quote from our very own Steve Phillips:
http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/  and put in civil war cannonballs in the search box.

http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/12423481-74/pittsburgh-police-still-keeping-watch-over-civil-war-era-cannonballs-months-after
  direct link     

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: redbob on June 21, 2017, 01:10:15 PM

Thanks.

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: CarlS on June 21, 2017, 03:41:08 PM

Good update article.  Thanks for posting.  Even includes some input from our own forum member Steve.

I wonder what they are waiting on?

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: redbob on June 21, 2017, 04:24:04 PM

I would say that by the statement that the balls still belong to the US Government, that they are seriously mired in red tape as to who is going to foot the bill for the disposal. www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/westernpennsylvania-history/cannonballs-unearthed-at-the-allegheny-arsenal   

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: Dave the plumber on June 21, 2017, 06:39:37 PM

    Does anybody know if John Biemick has contacted, or been in contact with this group to help educate them ??  His military credentials and professionalism should be able to get his foot in the door there...  I would hope he talks to the guy at the history center, who wrote the informative article posted by Redbob.   By the one aerial photo in the article, they aren't so scared of them because they were moved and are now piled up by sandbags.  I was thinking how cool it would be to fly a drone in there to check them out.....

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: Garret on June 21, 2017, 09:45:15 PM

Hopefully cooler heads will prevail and "experts" don't get to decide that solid shot is a safety hazard.   ;)

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: CarlS on August 15, 2017, 03:02:53 AM

Hello,

Saw this article and found it to be informative to the public and written with a sensible approach:
      http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2017/05/14/Civil-War-Cannonballs-Lawrenceville-Andrew-E-Masich/stories/201705140007

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: relicrunner on August 15, 2017, 01:46:54 PM

I was in Gettysburg earlier this month and I was told by our tour guide that all of these recently discovered cannonballs had been loaded up by the Army and destroyed.

Title: Re: Contractor Removes Ordnance
Post by: Ausmagic on August 15, 2017, 05:59:04 PM

Following on Carl's post, there's a great article by John Biemeck in the latest issue of Artilleryman Magazine about black powder projectiles. 

https://issuu.com/civilwardealerscollectorsdirectory/docs/artilleryman_magazine_spring_2017/40