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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: April 14, 2019
Caption: 10-Inch Disappearing Gun
Additional Description: A well-trained crew of 12 men at each gun could maintain a firing rate of one shell every 15 seconds. This impressive rate of fire was made possible by gun carriages that returned these huge guns to a precise loading position after each firing.Close-up of image on marker
Submitted: April 17, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p470649
File Size: 0.667 Megabytes

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