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  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 175

    Caption: "U.S. 10" Disappearing Gun and Carriage.," c. 1910. Side view of a coastal defense disappearing gun and its carriage. 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.

    Date: 1910