Courtesy Boston Township Cemetery Crew
| Designation: | 4.2in Parrott Rifle M1861 |
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| Model: | 4.2in (30-pdr) Army Parrott Rifle M1861 |
| Identification No: | West Point 242: US |
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| Designed by: | Parrott, Robert Parker |
| Built at: | West Point Foundry |
| Cold Springs, New York, USA |
| construction no: | 318 |
| Year : | 1864 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | Not in our records |
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| Item: | one 30-pdr Parrott Gun |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1898 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 22974, Jan 27, 1898 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | New York |
| On loan to: | Hiel P Clark Post no 153 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 55 |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Current Custodian: | GAR Post 153, Saranac, MI |
| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Boston Township Cemetery |
| | Otto Laabs Ln at David Hwy |
| Saranac, Michigan, USA |
| Lat/Long | 42.9281167-85.1997778 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 184: C9, 68 |
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Last update to record: 2025-01-04
