England's Largest Cannon.
The steamship Eider haß arrived at Woolwich from Elawick with the first of the 110----ton guna ordered of Sir William Armstrong for the British Government. It is to be proved at the butts below the Royal Arsenal, and after some experiments have been made to teat velocity and other qualities, it will probably be taken to Shoeburyness for the customary range trials. The gun cannot be landed for a few days, and cannot at present be seen, being buried in the ship s hold under 150 tons of projectiles, and even after it iB on shore will not be immediately taken to the butts, as it will be necessary first to test the canal bridge and ascertain if it ia strong enough to bear
it. , A great carriage or sleigh of iron has been built in the royal carriage department to hold the weapon while being fired, aud thia, which weighs about ninety tons, will bo weighted with 110 tons more, and passed over the bridge before the gun is ventured upon it, Tho gun carriage, which is enormous in comparison with anything of tho kind, has been named the "Juggernaut."
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Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 202, 28 August 1886, Page 4
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