Using makings to ID a rather rare cannon.

[major bill]

Many of us just have look at all the markings when we see a Civil War cannon. I have posted this cannon before and our cannon experts figured it out. Do any of our newer cannon folks want to try to ID it?

These are the only markings.

I was already at the park so was the cannon worth walking across the park to look at it? It is on the rare side.

 

[redbob]

A 4.2" (30 pound) Parrott Siege Gun. And yes, it looks like a pretty day and you will probably enjoy the walk. It will be worth it

 

[major bill]

A clue. Thjs is not a normal 4.2 inch Parrott Siege Gun. A 4.2 inch Parrot weights àround 4,200 pounds, check out the weight of this cannon, 3,610 pounds. Has she been on a diet?

 

[major bill]

A 4.2" (30 pound) Parrott Siege Gun. And yes, it looks like a pretty day and you will probably enjoy the walk. It will be worth it

It was about 82 degrees and mostly sunny so I walked to the other end of the park and looked over her big sister.

Wow she weighs in at 9,804 pounds. She is a big girl.

 

[Trooper "D"]

Many of us just have look at all the markings when we see a Civil War cannon. I have posted this cannon before and our cannon experts figured it out. Do any of our newer cannon folks want to try to ID it?

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These are the only markings.
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I was already at the park so was the cannon worth walking across the park to look at it? It is on the rare side.

Interesting mount for the tube. I have no idea why this is so rare. It looks thin.

 

[rebelatsea]

A clue. Thjs is not a normal 4.2 inch Parrott Siege Gun. A 4.2 inch Parrot weights àround 4,200 pounds, check out the weight of this cannon, 3,610 pounds. Has she been on a diet?

It seems to have 8 "lands" but I can't make out the twist - left or right handed?

 

[redbob]

A clue. Thjs is not a normal 4.2 inch Parrott Siege Gun. A 4.2 inch Parrot weights àround 4,200 pounds, check out the weight of this cannon, 3,610 pounds. Has she been on a diet?

It's also not marked with Parrott's normal markings which may indicate that it was some type of experimental tube.

 

[major bill]

It seems to have 8 "lands" but I can't make out the twist - left or right handed?

Said to have 5 right hand groves.

 

[major bill]

It's also not marked with Parrott's normal markings which may indicate that it was some type of experimental tube.

So an experimental light weight Parrott? I think we are getting close. But like I said, in an earlier threaad nailed it.

Interesting mount for the tube. I have no idea why this is so rare. It looks thin.

So yes Parrott put her on a diet. It is rare because it is an experimental 4.2 inch tube that was shorter and lighter than the 4.2 inch Parrott Siege Gun. It is rare because ionly five were made and she is the only surviving tube of this design in existence.

So yes because I was at Island Park in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, it was worth it to walk 50 yards to look her over again. Yes the 'mount' is odd and a bit ugly.

 

[Belfoured]

It was about 82 degrees and mostly sunny so I walked to the other end of the park and looked over her big sister.
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Wow she weighs in at 9,804 pounds. She is a big girl.

Nice to see a marking we can confirm - "WPF". And "good on ya" for those closeups at the muzzles.

 

[Trooper "D"]

So an experimental light weight Parrott? I think we are getting close. But like I said, in an earlier threaad nailed it.


So yes Parrott put her on a diet. It is rare because it is an experimental 4.2 inch tube that was shorter and lighter than the 4.2 inch Parrott Siege Gun. It is rare because ionly five were made and she is the only surviving tube of this design in existence.
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So yes because I was at Island Park in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, it was worth it to walk 50 yards to look her over again. Yes the 'mount' is odd and a bit ugly.

Well thank you for the quiz. It was fun brainstorming. I guess to keep that figure she is fed low fat iron.

 

[rebelatsea]

Said to have 5 right hand groves.

I can count 9 grooves !

 

[drezac]

looking in "The Big Guns", they list a 4.2" Experimental Army Parrot Rifle, wight 3,610, 5 groves, west point Foundry, 1 survivor in Eaton Rapids, MI

 

[major bill]

looking in "The Big Guns", they list a 4.2" Experimental Army Parrot Rifle, wight 3,610, 5 groves, west point Foundry, 1 survivor in Eaton Rapids, MI

This would be the one. It is on Island Park, a small island in the Grand River, just across a foot bridge in downtown Eaton Rapids. Visitors might wand to see the GAR Hall Museum just down the street. The museum has limited hours so plan ahead.