Noonanda
Private
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2016
- Location
- Fredericksburg Virginia
There in lies the mystery, Still trying to figure that one out LOLAh, missed the connection.
So who had 42lbers at this?
There in lies the mystery, Still trying to figure that one out LOLAh, missed the connection.
So who had 42lbers at this?
Someone say gunboats?
ETA: Aha... found "Fort" (or "Camp") Bisland...
And also through the resting site of whatever remained of the CSS Cotton.)
CSS J. A. CottonNot familiar with that one - can you elaborate?
CSS J. A. Cotton
Type: Ironclad gunboat Paddle : two, sidewheels Speed 13 knots
Dimensions: 229ft x 36ft x 7ft, 824 tons
Guns: 1 -32pdr SB, 2 -24pdr SB, 1 -9pdr MLR
Armour: 1” iron and cotton bales over engines and machinery, not protection aft of the wheels.
Builder: originally, Howard, Jeffersonville Indiana.
Conversion completed at New Orleans 1862
History:
In fairness I assume the drainage channel was essential, and in those days there were no archeological surveys such as have been done during the construction of London's Crossrail deep level underground line.View attachment 153978 Here's an engraving of the wreck of the Cotton in Bayou Teche from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper XVII (14 November 1863). Note the person in a hat standing amidships. (I know right were this spot is, but, like I said, it no longer exists . . . there's 600-foot-wide drainage channel now running through this location; the channel cut across the course of the Teche, which in turn was cut off from the channel by two enormous flood gates on either side of the channel. This illustrates the value of environmental impact reports! Indeed, the same channel plowed through the spot on which Fort Bisland itself had stood.)
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In fairness I assume the drainage channel was essential, and in those days there were no archeological surveys such as have been done during the construction of London's Crossrail deep level underground line.
I did ,with the aid of input from several members of CWT who added information criticized and complained until I got them right (only joking Gents).Wow, thanks! Who made these drawings?
so if that cannon and any other artifacts from the gunboat had remained, they're now lost. But who knows, maybe the cannon is still down there and will one day be rediscovered?
They look to be examples of John Roy's work, should be three, one has obviously been destroyed.Have I mentioned how much I enjoy this hive-mind activity?
So these were the (stripped) bow gun pivot/turntables?
View attachment 153984
If so, that'd answer your question here.
They look to be examples of John Roy's work, should be three, one has obviously been destroyed.