Thursday, February 12, 2009

1800's



Cannon from the 1800's
This cannon was captured from the Russian Army at the Seige of Sebastopol in the Crimean War. It was presented to a town called Hartlepool by Lord Panmore in 1857. It was made to shoot cannonballs and fires them out using gunpowder. the cannon was meant to be fired by a two man team.

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