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There is more information on this cannon and a second cannon used by the Maderistas in the battle of Juarez, the so-called McGinty cannon, at netdotcom.com/revmexpc.cannon.pc, a website devoted to post cards of the Mexican Revolution. It was evidently cast in Chihuahua City under the direction of Giuseppe Garabaldi, a grandson of the Italian patriot who had joined the Maderistas. Lonn Taylor

Hello History Buffs! I am trying to ID a cannon presently housed at the El Paso Museum of History (2nd Floor). It sits on top of a wooden carriage (dark green fading paint) - sorry, I don't know cannon terminology- that measures 73 inches long. The barrel looks to be made out of iron and measures 301/2 inches long with a 2 inch smooth bore (other end measures 4 1/2 inches in diameter and is closed off). There are two wooden wagon-style wheels (each w/ 16 spokes) and both are put together in halves (height of each of the wheels is 44 1/4 inches...it looks nothing like the cannon depicted above but is believed to have been used during the Mexican Revolution. If you can help, please email me at: wildblue_yerevan@yahoo.com (my name is WaterTiger). You can see photos of it at www.flickr.com/photos/23400667@N07/ Name of Photos: MysteryCannon-EPMH1 (thru 3)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called FLICKR PARA LA HISTORIA , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

En la colección de Otis Aultman, de El Paso Public Library se puede ver en la foto 1707 (firmada Scott Photo) www.elpasotexas.gov/library/ourlibraries/main_library/bor... donde se le está dando acabado a un cañón muy parecido a este. La información agregada refiere que es en Ciudad Juárez. ¿Se trata del mismo cañón? Dr. Roberto Duarte

Found this picture in El Paso Herald issue May 11 [that is one day after Juarez take], 1911 (The Library of Congress, Cronicling America chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88084272/1911-05-11/ed-... ). You can read: "Bottom picture shows gun made by Garibaldi at Casas Grandes, which was used to shell the federals in Juárez during the attack. Behind the cannon is an ambulance used by Dr. Wilson´s [There's a photo depicting Dr. Wilson in this collection "Americans with Madero [LC-B2-2224-10] insurrecto hospital corps". The Pictures were made by a Herald staff man. Dr. Roberto Duarte

Great conservation state. Pity that resolution is so low.

awesome

Sodabowski, a higher resolution version is available at the persistent URL listed in the description.

very nice

amazing image

Check out the rifling (?) on the inside of the barrel.

I immediately thought these guns were casualties of the 1922 naval treaty and sure enough they were.. They were intended for battleships, and yes they are rifled. The gun fired a 2,240 lb (1,020 kg). projectile to a range of 26 miles (42 km).[4] The estimated cost of the gun and barbette was $520,000 in 1938 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_inch_Coast_Gun_M1919

Other Bain/LOC photos taken at Grant's Tomb on September 18, 1911, during the New York visit of Chinese Admiral Ching Kwong:

Were they from the re-built Beiyang Navy?