As I was leaving, I noticed that the posts that the chain around the monument was made of were cannons!
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As I was leaving, I noticed that the posts that the chain around the monument was made of were cannons!
Thank you very much.
Monument Square is an early memory and also the end of the July 4th parade before the marching bands competed.
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There are mortars and ships’ guns and a few PARROT RIFLES which were rifled cast iron canons with a steel band around the combustion chamber. Cast iron was cheap and available.
The steel bands were a specialty of Ulster Iron Works in Saugerties, NY
The bands were heated and shrunk onto the cast iron, not unlike carriage or locomotive tires.
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