NY, FORT SLOCUM - 15 inch Rodman Gun closeup - RPPC - 606290-2 Monuments/Statues Mailed 1932

Mailed 1932

to Mrs Frank Lamb

Additional Info:  picture shows what must be workers mainly on the left - walking down the street  and resting on logs

Then joined by his sons Carl

The photographers Arthur B

NY, FORT SLOCUM - 15 inch Rodman Gun closeup - RPPC - 606290-2 Monuments/Statues Mailed 1932New York postcard Fort Slocum, NY EKC on stamp box Close up of a 15 inch Rodman Gun including a plaque that reads: ONE OF SEVERAL SIMILAR GUNS FORMING THE ARMAMENT OF FORT SLOCUM ABOUT 1872 WEIGHT OF GUN 49,000 LBS WEIGHT OF SOLID SHOT 450 LBS WEIGHT OF SHELL WITH BURSTING CHARGE 330 LBS A BLACK POWDER CHARGE OF 110 LBS WAS REQUIRED TO CARRY SHOT OF SHELL ABOUT 4 MILES IT'S MAXIMUM ACCURATE RANGE ON THE FACE OF THE CANON LIKE PART HAS: NO 153 G A and