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Fort Wadsworth (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2015
Fort Wadsworth (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2015
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Fort Wadsworth (LOC)
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swanq said:
Fort Wadsworth, Richmond County, New York. On Staten Island.
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B-59 said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wadsworth This photo was printed in The Sunday Oregonian, March 25, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Image 67 with the caption: "Big guns at Fort Wadsworth guard the entrance to the harbor of New York" oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-03-25/ed-1/se...
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Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks to both of you for this information. We'll add some of it to the record the next time we update.
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LWyman said:
This is a curious scene as disappearing guns of this type were probably considered obsolete by 1917, and the wood platform at the breech would prevent it from working, as the gun would rock backward and down when fired. Compare to a similar battery being fired at nearby Fort Hamilton some years earlier (PPOC: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ggb2004001933/ and www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ggb2004001939/ )