Cannon

Cannon (HMD8C)

Location: New Hope, PA 18938 Bucks County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 21.795', W 74° 57.078'

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This nine inch Dahlgren smoothbore gun was placed here to mark the colonial approach to town from the ferry landing and was dedicated on July 5, 1907. The gun is on loan to the Borough of New Hope from the US Navy. It was cast in 1855 at the West Point foundry and installed on the USS Minnesota where it saw action at the Battle of Hampton Roads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (Merrimack) on March 9, 1862. Years later it was installed on the USS Richmond which saw action in Admiral Farragut's fleet. It was fired 108 times as of September 1888.
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HM NumberHMD8C
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Placed ByNew Hope Historical Society
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 9:17am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 504134 N 4468076
Decimal Degrees40.36325000, -74.95130000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 21.795', W 74° 57.078'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 21' 47.70" N, 74° 57' 4.68" W
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Area Code(s)610, 215, 267
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 37-41 River Rd, New Hope PA 18938, US
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