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What are the numbers on the ring? Are they lop degrees?
What is the brick lined hole for?
What is the brick lined hole for?
Most of my brick fort knowledge comes from Fort Pickens, and there the powder was delivered to the top tier by a man running from the powder magazine, up a flight of stairs (without a handrail) and then to the gun.The numbers are the azimuth readings. When these guns were mounted the were test fired and set for azimuth and elevation on a known point. The holes are for passing powder charges up from the powder magazine to the loader.
The numbers are the azimuth readings. When these guns were mounted the were test fired and set for azimuth and elevation on a known point. The holes are for passing powder charges up from the powder magazine to the loader.
I have read that inside of the USS Monitor's turret the crew had written on the portion of the turret that didn't revolve bow, stern, port and starboard so that they would have a rough idea which way to revolve the turret and aim the guns since they couldn't really see outside of the turret.
The whole thing revolved so that wouldn't help.I have read that inside of the USS Monitor's turret the crew had written on the portion of the turret that didn't revolve bow, stern, port and starboard so that they would have a rough idea which way to revolve the turret and aim the guns since they couldn't really see outside of the turret.