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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: January 20, 2008
Caption: Markings on the Cannon on the Right
Additional Description: The numbers at the bottom of the photograph are indications of weight measurements. In accordance with the British system of designation using measurements based on fractions of the the British long ton. Reading from left to right the numbers indicate measurements of "hundredweight" (112 pounds), "quarters" (28 pounds), and then the remainder of pounds. In this case 25 hundredweight and one quarter, with no remainders, means this piece weighed 2,828 pounds when cast.
Submitted: January 20, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p14273
File Size: 0.880 Megabytes

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