Mystery Cannons!

[Ron J]

Located in Salem Massachusetts,is Harmony Grove Cemetery. Its very very old. The cemetery has a Civil War Memorial in the center. Has the typical Civil War Soldier monument,and graves.This one has 3 Cannon located around it. They all have an Anchor cast into the barrels.They all have the weight cast also,weighing within a few pounds of each other,and all dated 1866. Someday I'll try to find out what vessel they were on,and how they ended up here! [attachment 47829 cannon004.jpg][attachment 47830 cannon006.jpg][attachment 47831 cannon013.jpg][attachment 47832 cannon008.jpg][attachment 47833 cannon012.jpg][attachment 47834 cannon013.jpg]

 

[Sunny]

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[Piperboy]

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[ivansalis]

32 lber naval guns - made 1866 or put in the park then? would be right after the civil war --first things first look up in the local newspapers old timey files and see if they have a copy from whem the "park" was opened sometimes info can be found that way. if not see what type of ships "carried" guns of this size---these guns may have been made but not issued ----the smooth bore cannons fired round ball and although many were made were basically out dated ** the new "rifled" cannons fired a modern "bullet" type shell and were so much better that it was not worth it to issue smoooth bore cannons to the ships at and during the war the ships that had smooth bores were fitted with rifled cannons as soon as they could get them---so at the end of the war there alot of smooth bore cannons left over,and they were given(sold at scrap metal price) to any town that wanted one, the towns then used them in parks and such to honor the men who died in the civil war.

 

[Ron J]

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[Rob/Windsor Ont.]

Even if they were never in service, I'm sure cannon's just like them found their place on the early wooden war ships. That's truly remarkable in itself. Geez Ron.....the history in your area is fascinating !