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Muzzle Markings
Photographer: Keith L
Taken: October 11, 2010
Caption: Muzzle Markings
Additional Description:
Watervliet Arsenal 1898. 829 lbs. No. 206 J.W.J.

Translated, this indicates the cannon was manufactured in 1898 at the Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, New York, the weight was 829 pounds when produced, registry number 206 (the 206th gun in this pattern), inspected by J.W.J.
Submitted: October 15, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p132448
File Size: 0.489 Megabytes

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