Rock Island in Rock Island County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

USA T131, 280mm, Heavy Motorized Gun

Rock Island Arsenal

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 8, 2007

1. USA T131, 280mm, Heavy Motorized Gun Marker

Inscription. This is the experimental model of the M65 atomic cannon. Adapted in 1956 the cannon could fire both nuclear and conventional shells over a range of 18 miles.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 41° 31.062′ N, 90° 32.422′ W. Memorial is on Rock Island, Illinois, in Rock Island County. It is on Rodman Avenue. This cannon is in Rock Island Arsenal Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Rock Island IL 61299, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Illinois

and in the Quad Cities.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: USA M102, 105mm, Howitzer (within shouting distance of this marker); 15-Inch Rodman Gun (within shouting distance of this marker); Camp McClellan (approx. 0.9 miles away in Iowa); Diedrich Busch House (approx. 0.9 miles away in Iowa); Old Main, Augustana College (approx. one mile away); Roland Harned House (approx. one mile away in Iowa); Wm. Radcliff House (approx. 1.2 miles away in Iowa); George Copeland House (approx. 1.2 miles away in Iowa). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rock Island.

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USA T131, 280mm, Heavy Motorized Gun image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 6, 2000

2. USA T131, 280mm, Heavy Motorized Gun

Entrance to the Rock Island Arsenal Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 6, 2000

3. Entrance to the Rock Island Arsenal Museum

Inside the Rock Island Arsenal Musuem image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 6, 2000

4. Inside the Rock Island Arsenal Musuem

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 6, 2000

5. Inside the Rock Island Arsenal Musuem

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 589 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 19, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.