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refer to record number 11654
| Designation: | 4.5in Ordnance Rifle M1861 |
| Model: | 4.5in Ordnance (Siege) Rifle |
| Identification No: | Fort Pitt 057: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Fort Pitt Foundry |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Year : | 1863 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 4.5-inch gun |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1901 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 34898, Jul 3, 1900 |
| Arsenal: | Ft Washington |
| On loan to: | T F Harrison, Commander Post 590 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Secretary of War, 1901 appendix 1 pg 72-73 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Beavertown Cemetery | |
| Cemetery Ln | ||
| Kettering, Ohio, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 39.698136-84.129198 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 188: C14, 28 |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05