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The Twenty-Inch Rodman Gun

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 8, 1864

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 23, No. 15.

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The Twenty-Inch Rodman Gun

A TWENTY-INCH Rodman gun, the largest ever made, was successfully cast at the Fort Pitt works, at Pittsburgh, on Thursday last. The weight of this monster gun, when finished, will be 115,000 pounds. Its outside length is a little over 21 feet, and its length of bore 17 feet and a half. The successful casting of such a gun, is one of the remarkable facts of the day.