Rodman Gun

Rodman Gun (HMEZ6)

Location: Highlands, NJ 07732 Monmouth County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 27.917', W 74° 0.338'

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Developed in the Civil War era, this type of 20-inch gun gave the U.S. the largest muzzle-loading cannon ever made. At the same time, however, rifled guns were being developed which made all smoothbore cannon obsolete.

With spin from spiral grooves inside the barrel, pointed projectiles from rifled cannon could travel farther and with greater accuracy than cannonballs from smoothbore weapons. During the Civil War, rifled artillery easily penetrated the thick masonry walls of several coastal forts, which influenced the Army to abandon construction of a masonry fort on Sandy Hook.
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HM NumberHMEZ6
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 at 9:45am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 584300 N 4479875
Decimal Degrees40.46528333, -74.00563333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 27.917', W 74° 0.338'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 27' 55.02" N, 74° 0' 20.28" W
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Area Code(s)732
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1617 Kearney Rd, Highlands NJ 07732, US
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