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Careful research
has gone into the casting, inscriptions and carriages of the newly
cast fieldpieces, howitzers and mortars. Several cast bronze weapons
have been completed including an eight-inch bronze howitzer and
carriage (above), recently placed in the fascine cannon battery.
The other artillery piece in the battery is a light brass six
pounder; a fieldpiece which fired round shot, grape or canister,
and is mounted on carriages with large wheels. Howitzers and mortars
fired exploding shells. Coehorn mortars, an eight-inch mortar,
a pack howitzer and two six pounders on garrison carriages can
be seen in the lower battery. A hoisting device, or triangle gin,
located nearby, was used to lift these cannon barrels weighing
more than six hundred pounds.
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