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Missing from the Alamo
(San Antonio, Texas)
Bronze 12 pounder
Weight apprx. 1100 lbs
Bore = 4 inches
Barrel may no longer be on carriage.
Barrel may have been painted
Barrel may be green from oxidation or "golden" if recently
polished.
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January 2004
"Becket" style cannon
Dublin, Ca
The cannon and trailer were stolen in Dublin,
CA. The trailer was later found in Hayward Ca.
The measurements are approximately 1 7/8" bore,
3" outside dia of barrel, from muzzle to end of tail
stock, about 6' long,.
The wheels are about 23" dia, barrel
excluding breech is 30" .
You can tell from the picture that Becket is " mug style breach
loader " & carriage is a scissors with a floating elevator
bar.
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April 2003
Piner, Kentucky
Stolen A WWI cannon from the front
yard of a 91-year-old Piner, Kentucky widow's home. |
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Stolen in Columbus, Georgia
Barrel is 36" long with a 1 15/16" bore
On the front of the
muzzle there are some off
center circles and on the bottom RJ1BAW
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Kent, Washington
A 2/3 scale Mountain Howitzer (cannon in foreground) was stolen from the
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From
Rivers Bridge State Park,
Ehrhardt,
South Carolina,
on
the night of February 2-3, 1995:
BLAKELY
CANNON BARREL
Photograph
showing barrel.
DESCRIPTION:
12-pounder Blakely, Type 2 (3.5-inch Blakely, Type 2).
Cast iron with tapered reinforcing iron band near center of
barrel at trunnions. Sight
at muzzle. Cascabel knob
missing. Chipped at bore.
Rifling: 7 x 7, straight.
Overall length: 54.5 inches.
Weight: 700 pounds.
MARKINGS:
Tube at rear of trunnions: BLAKELY'S PATENT, No. 30, FAWCETT-PRESTON
& CO., LIVERPOOL, MAKERS, 1861.
Left trunnion: 31. Right
trunnion: 31.
LAST
LOCATION: Rivers Bridge State Park is the site of the battle of Rivers
Bridge, an engagement fought February 2-3, 1865, during Sherman’s
Carolinas Campaign. This
battle was only major resistance mounted against Sherman’s march
through South Carolina. Rivers
Bridge was the first historic site in the South Carolina State Park
Service and the first Civil War park opened to the public in the
state. The park is
located near Ehrhardt in Bamberg County and is approximately 70 miles
south of Columbia and 70 miles west of Charleston.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION: Information about the cannon and its theft should
be directed to:
Daniel
J. Bell
Historic Resource Coordinator, Coastal District
South Carolina State Park Service
Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
1500 Old Towne Road
Charleston, South Carolina 29407
PHONE:
(843) 571-6623
FAX:
(843) 852-4205
EMAIL: dbell@prt.state.sc.us
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Thursday,
March 16, 2000
Park water cannon missing
50-pound toy part of
Fantasy Fountain display
Alex
Breitler
Record Searchlight
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Photo by: Brad Garrison
STOLEN:
Police are on the lookout for this water cannon's companion. It was
stolen from the Fantasy Fountain display last Thursday night or early
Friday.
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Dan Cannon
can't figure out how someone stole a 50-pound water cannon worth $1,000 from the
new Fantasy Fountain interactive water display in Enterprise Community Park.
He can't
figure out why, either.
But it
apparently happened, late last week, police and park officials said.
''It's very
discouraging trying to build a new facility for the community to use, and people
start ripping things off,'' said Cannon, parks foreman for the city of Redding.
The heist
happened sometime late last Thursday or early Friday, said Redding police
Investigator Mike Thomas. A park worker on Friday morning noticed that all that
was left of the 2 foot-long, bright red cannon was the stand it rested on.
''The first
thing we thought was they just ditched it,'' Cannon said. ''But we searched the
park all over, and it's not there.''
That means
the thief — or, more likely, thieves — must have lugged the cannon out of
the park and into a nearby neighborhood, since the park gates close at dark and
cars don't have access after hours, Cannon said. The cannon was also attached to
its stand by a large bolt, so the perpetrators must have had a wrench.
Fantasy
Fountain, a 3,358-square-foot playground, features a volcano, a rain forest, a
misting cavern, a desert play area for toddlers and — until Friday — two
pedal-operated water cannons. Construction started in October 1998. The park is
set to open in early summer.
The cannons
come from a Texas company that specializes in aquatic parts for water parks,
Cannon said.
When
operational, the pressurized cannons shoot a spray of water when children step
on a round rubber pad at the base. Park officials installed the cannons last
fall and tried them out, but they've been shut off for the winter.
If police
aren't able to track down the missing cannon, park officials hope to order
another.
''That's the
good news,'' Cannon said.
Reporter
Alex Breitler can be reached at 225-8344 or at abreitler@redding.com.
