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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 22, 2014
Caption: "Disappearing" Gun panel
Additional Description: These huge gun barrels are all that remain of the Cape Spear wartime armament. They were known as “disappearing” guns because they could be lowered behind the protective concrete parapet for loading and maintenance. In 1896, these two guns were installed at Fort Mott on the Delaware River to guard the approaches to Philadelphia. The American government transferred them to Canada in 1941 as part of a wartime arms supply agreement. The guns were installed here at Cape Spear in November 1941. After World War II the carriages were dismantled and removed from the site.

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Submitted: December 8, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p294525
File Size: 3.534 Megabytes

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