1865 Brooke cannon

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1865 Brooke cannon

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Post by operating » Mon Jul 23, 2018 6:26 pm

Live cannon fire from a 7 inch 1865 Brooke cannon casted in Selma, Alabama. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKN37in85lI The cannon was retrieved from a sunken CSA ironclad vessel in the early 1960's near Fort Benning Georgia, restored and ready to fire in the video...

and one flew over the Cuckoos nest

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Post by jimi3 » Mon Jul 23, 2018 6:55 pm

Amazing !!! Had no idea this existed. Thank you !!!

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Post by Capt. Harlock » Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:58 am

Incidentally, Catesby Ap Jones, the head of the foundry that cast the gun, is better known to fame as the skipper of the CSS Virginia AKA Merrimac on the day she dueled the USS Monitor.

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1865 Brook cannon

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Post by operating » Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:16 am

Should add: The above Brooke cannon was aboard the ironclad CSS Jackson that was waiting for it's 4 inch thick iron plating before going into active service. Too bad the Confederates had to burn the Jackson to prevent it from falling into Union hands.

and one flew over the Cuckoos nest