At Gettysburg NBMP, by ©Michael Kendra, Sept 2006The 10 pdr. Parrott Rifle, invented by Robert Parker Parrott, was manufactured by the West Point Foundry in the North, and copies were made at several foundries in the South. The patented manufacturing process started with a cast iron barrel, which on it's own was too brittle to use as a cannon, and combined it with a large reinforcing band made of tougher wrought iron overlaid on the breech of the casting. By designing the cannon this way, the barrel was intended to be strong, light, cheap, and effective as a rifled cannon, a relatively new type of field artillery for the era.
ARTILLERY PROFILE
Models:
10-pdr. Parrott Rifle - Model of 1861, or Old Model Parrott, with a 2.9 inch bore...