England's Largest Cannon.
The steamshig^Eider liaa arrived at' Wool- 1 wich from Eiswicl^wtffi'^Ke first; of the 110ton, guns .ordered ot Sir .William Armstrong ■ forWe Brifislf (^bvernnkntl*' It W r ti°M~ proved at the -butts:- below- the Royal Arsenal, and after, Eome experiments have, been'mSde'tb' test velocity and' other quali- 1 ' ties, it will probably be taken to. Sboebury-5 ness, for, the customary range , trials. , The ; gun cannot" be landed 'for a few' days,' and 1 cannot'atpresenf be seen, being buried iw the ship. s holdunder. 150 tons, of- projectiles,, and even after it is on eh ore will not be immediately taken ! to'the butts', aY it' wilt be nece&sary first to' "test the canal bridge' and ascertain if it is^strdng eßOugh.'to e bear »*•• .'',-. \« - ' '-*'x , v ." l 0 1 A great ,carriage or sleigh of iron hasbeeri built in the royal departMen^"^ hold the Weapon while being fired j'a'na this,' which' weighs ab^oub T ninety l tons, .will 'be weighted yfith,^ 10 tons more, anfl passed over the bridge, before the gun' is v'entu.re'd u,'pb:i it. ',' THe gun carriage, whicti is enornaoup in, comparison with anything of the kind.bas been" "named th'e'"'Jueffernaut.' f
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 168, 4 September 1886, Page 3
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192England's Largest Cannon. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 168, 4 September 1886, Page 3
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