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Designation: 10in Columbiad M1848
Model: 10in Gun M1848
Identification No: Fort Pitt 02: US


Designed by: George Bomford
Built at: Fort Pitt Foundry
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
construction no: 163
Year : 1853
Inspector: William Hayward Bell (WHB) 1852,53
foundry no.:163
weight: 15,230lbs
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: Not in our records
Item: one 10in Columbiad
Request doc.: via Secretary of War
Year: 1900
Delivery Doc: Ordnance Dept Ltr 34904, Jun 7, 1900
Provider: Sec War
Arsenal: Fort McHenry
On loan to: Thos Cox Command GAR
Reference: Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1900 appendix 3 pg 48



Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Wes Point Park
Euclid Ave at River St
Willoughby, Ohio, USA
Lat/Long41.6393278-81.4067583 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 254: C142, 03

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Last update to record: 2025-12-28

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