32 Pounder Sea Coast Defense Gun

32 Pounder Sea Coast Defense Gun (HM1MXZ)

Location: Gulf Shores, AL 36542 Baldwin County
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Country: United States of America
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N 30° 13.801', W 88° 1.391'

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This smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon was one of the
main coast defense weapons in the United States' arsenal when Fort Morgan was completed in 1834. With an eight pound charge of powder the gun could fire a 32 pound solid iron shot about one mile.

At the start of the Civil War in 1861 the 32 pounder was still widely used in coastal forts, but it was being replaced by more powerful and more accurate guns. When the war began there were 78 of these guns at Fort Morgan, but when the fort was captured in 1864 only 14 were still in use.
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HM NumberHM1MXZ
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Date Added Sunday, August 16th, 2015 at 1:03pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16R E 401542 N 3344716
Decimal Degrees30.23001667, -88.02318333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 13.801', W 88° 1.391'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 13' 48.06" N, 88° 1' 23.46" W
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Area Code(s)251
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Fort Morgan Road, Gulf Shores AL 36542, US
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