Gun Glossary
These bronze muzzle-loading guns form part of the Waterloo Battery, a set of eight guns captured and brought to the Tower by the Duke of Wellington after the battle of Waterloo in 1815. They fired a solid iron cannonball propelled by the explosion of a charge of gunpowder. The angle of the barrel was altered by means of a screw fixed to the carriage. Each gun required a five-man gun crew to operate it, six horses to pull it and had an effective range of 275m.HM Number | HM27PX |
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Date Added | Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 at 7:02pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 30U E 702922 N 5710427 |
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Decimal Degrees | 51.50848333, -0.07575000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 51° 30.509', W 0° 4.545' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 51° 30' 30.54" N, 0° 4' 32.7" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 35 Tower Hill, London England EC3N 4DR, GB |
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