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Photographs of
Loyalist Park
Cannons

Cast iron

Digby
Digby County
Nova Scotia

Located in Loyalist Park on the waterfront

GPS location:   44°37'20"N   65°45'20"W

Loyalist Park cannon 42-1-11 1841
Manufactured: 1841 Weight: 42-1-11 (2151 kg)
Cannon manufactured for Victoria Regina (Queen Victoria reigned 1837-1901)

Loyalist Park cannon 43-2-14 1844
Manufactured: 1844 Weight: 43-2-14 (2216 kg)
Cannon manufactured for Victoria Regina

Loyalist Park cannon 42-3-6 1844
Manufactured: 1844 Weight: 42-3-6 (2174 kg)
Cannon manufactured for Victoria Regina

Loyalist Park cannon 42-3-0 1841
Manufactured: 1841 Weight: 42-3-0 (2171 kg)
Cannon manufactured for Victoria Regina

Loyalist Park cannon 42-0-26 1840
Manufactured: 1840 Weight: 42-0-26 (2145 kg)
Cannon manufactured for Victoria Regina

Loyalist Park cannon 41-3-1
Weight: 41-3-1 (2121 kg) The foundry marked this cannon's weight as 41 - 3 - 1, meaning 41 hundredweight plus 3 quarters plus 1 pound. One hundredweight equalled 112 pounds, and one quarterweight equalled 28 pounds. Thus this cannon weighs 4677 pounds. One kilogram equals 2.205 pounds. This cannon's weight works out to 2121 kilograms (at the time of manufacture, not much changed now).
Cannon manufactured for George III Rex (King George III reigned 1760-1820)

Nowadays, cannon and other forms of artillery from the 1700s and 1800s are nothing more than quaint noise-makers.  We see them only in the movies and on TV, or at occasional demonstrations at historic sites.  In their day, cannons were the most powerful, far-reaching and fearsome weapons available...

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