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McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 026
Parent Collection:
William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection
Date:
1908
Subject:
Heavy Artillery
Description:
Caption: "U. S. 10" New Model Gun Carriage.," c. 1908-1912. Side view of a coastal defense disappearing gun carriage, without the gun barrel installed. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.
Identifier:
96-07-08-alb08-026
Contributor:
No data available for this field
Publisher:
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Right:
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source:
Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Format:
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
