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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: December 25, 2017
Caption: The First Breech Loading Cannon Marker
Additional Description: An additional marker about the cannon. It reads:

Breech-loading cannon made by Confederate Naval Iron Works, 1863
The Columbus Iron Works on the banks of the Chattahoochee River produced the majority of Confederate artillery during the Civil War. Engineer W.J. McAlister used part of the sunken steamboat John C. Calhoun to create this cannon, the only Confederate breech-loading cannon ever made, as a potential defense for the city. Though it was never used due to its strong recoil in tests, this weapon still offers an example of Columbus residents' ingenuity.
Gift of the W.C. Bradley Company G.2016.24
Submitted: February 9, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p416169
File Size: 1.669 Megabytes

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