16-inch gun M1895
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The 16-inch coastal defense gun M1895 was a large artillery piece installed to defend major American seaports. Only one was built and it was installed in Fort Grant on the Pacific side of the Panama C
Crowds in New York watch the shipment of the 16-inch coastal defense gun M1895, January 1915
Soldiers standing on the 16-inch gun M1895 at Sandy Hook Proving Ground, New Jersey
Watervliet Arsenal
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The Watervliet Arsenal is an arsenal of the United States Army located in Watervliet, New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River. It is the oldest continuously active arsenal in the United States,
16-inch gun M1895
…for long range weaponry, the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps ordered a 16-inch (406 mm) gun, the construction of which began in 1895 at the Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, New York. The massive artillery piece was designated the M1895 and was completed in 1902; only one was built. At 284,000 pounds (129,000…
A 16-inch M1920 coast artillery howitzer, stamped Watervliet Arsenal, 1921
Aerial view of the aersenal in 1937
Woodcut titled "Forging Ironwork for Gun Carriages at the Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, N.Y." in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, circa 1895
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