A 32-pounder Seacoast Gun, mainstay of the United States' coastal defense in the mid-19th century. Fort James Jackson has two of these monsters, at least one of which was donated to the fort in 1999 by the Daughters of the Confederacy Savannah Chapter #2.
This gun is being supported by a block & tackle arrangement known as a casemate gin (although I've seen this contraption go by different names), which was the only way to manhandle impossibly hefty gun tubes onto their mounts.
This gun is being supported by a block & tackle arrangement known as a casemate gin (although I've seen this contraption go by different names), which was the only way to manhandle impossibly hefty gun tubes onto their mounts.
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