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1784.a.13, 2(75)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227847
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227822
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000f94
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1784.a.13, 2(75)
- Title:
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Mortar dictator. Front of Petersburg, October, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: War Photography
View of the massive mortar, mounted on a railway trolley, with officers and men posed on the platform: 'This monster mortar, cast by Mr. Charles Knapp, at his celebrated iron works in Pittsburg, Pa., was used for a short time in the summer of 1864, during the siege operations in front of Petersburg. Owing to its immense weight, 17,120 pounds, its was transported from City Point on a railway truck ... The Dictator is a 13-inch mortar, firing a shell weighing two hundred pounds, with a charge of twenty pounds of powder ... The bursting of the shell was terrific, an immense crater being formed in the ground where it fell, and earth, stones, and sod being scattered in every direction, much to the consternation of the inhabitants of the place.'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227822
040-003227847 - Is part of:
- 1784.a.13, 2 : Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war. Vol. II. Photographer(s): Gardner, Alexander
1784.a.13, 2(75) : Mortar dictator. Front of Petersburg, October, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227822[0025]/040-003227847
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1784.a.13, 2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1864
- End Date:
- 1864
- Date Range:
- Oct 1864
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 175 mm x 226 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Knox, David
- Subjects:
- American Civil War, 1861-65
Arms and Armaments
Artillery
Military Campaigns and Battles
Mortars
Rail Transport
Railway Vehicles
Transportation