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20-pounder Dahlgren Rifle
Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: August 1, 2008
Caption: 20-pounder Dahlgren Rifle
Additional Description: Not all the Navy Yard Gun Factory products were large. This 20-pounder (4-inch bore) light rifled cannon, on display at the nearby Naval Museum, was produced at the Navy Yard in 1865. Intended for use on launches or light field carriages, this piece was one of a family of "boat howitzers" produced before, during, and after the Civil War at the Yard.
Submitted: August 29, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p33516
File Size: 1.151 Megabytes

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