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A French "320" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Richard Norton said:

  French 320 mm railway gun. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:French_32_cm_sliding_...

• Art Siegel said:

  and de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_320_mm_Mle_1870/93

Joel William Bunkley (1887-1967)

from Smithsonian Institution

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  His son Joel W. Bunkley Jr. was Dean of the Law School at the University of Mississippi: www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901064,00.html His grandson Joel W. Bunkley III is also a lawyer: carolinaveteranslawyer.com/aboutus.html

• Smithsonian Institution said:

  Thanks for posting these informative links, pennylrichardsca! Susannah

• Johns.b said:

  Admiral Bunkley had 3 sons- Joel W. Bunkley Jr. was Dean of the Law School at the University of Mississippi, a younger brother Allison Bunkley was a professor of history at Princeton in his early 20’s, the youngest professor at the time and author of a seminal book on Sarmiento www.jstor.org/pss/2509494. (Also see: the Allison Bunkley Memorial Scholarship at Princeton), and he had another son at age 68 in 1955, Brit Bunkley, an artist and professor now living in New Zealand www.britbunkley.com

• Smithsonian Institution said:

  Johns.b Thank you, Johns.b!

Big gun (just finished firing) being covered up prior to moving

from National Library of Scotland

• Nick Baxter said:

  points of interest: rail spiked straight to the sleepers,loco buffers on 1st wagon, continental screw coupling on first wagon. last vehicle continental make.

16 - inch gun, Watervliet (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Nathan Adams said:

  Watervliet is the location of a US Army arsenal in New York. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watervliet_Arsenal

• Pixel Wrangler said:

  There's a very cool photo of a Watervliet 16-inch gun in The Library of Congress' "1930s-40s in Color" Set on Flickr (along with some informed comments!)
  
  

• swanq said:

  See