Dublin Core
Title
Oakland Civil War Memorial Cannon (Oakland, NJ)
Creator
Lt. John Dahlgren
Source
american,unionmonument
Date
1850-01-01
Contributor
Elena Koestel
Type
Site
Identifier
2639
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
HMDB
Spatial Coverage
current,41.023383,-74.243600;
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Oakland Civil War Memorial Cannon (Oakland, NJ)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Oakland_Civil_War_Memorial_Cannon__(Oakland,_NJ)
CINE only
true
Monument Type
Military materiel
Inscription
Dahlgren Gun Designed and built by Lt. John Dahlgren at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C., year 1850. A nine inch gun weighing approximately 9,000 lbs., capable of shooting a projectile of 150 lbs. Used throughout the Civil War by the North and for some years later were the principal armament of American Naval Power. Principally used as a deck gun on Plymouth class Sloop-of-War vessels.
State
New Jersey
County
Bergen
Affiliation
Union
City
Oakland
Location Type
Park