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Ship Artifacts
Cannon Carriages
Rendering of
laser scan
of cannon
carriage-starboard
view.
Photo
Credit:
MAGLEV, Inc. |
The cannon
carriages were
specifically
designed by John
Ericsson to be
installed on the USS
Monitor. The
carriages were made
of a wood and iron
composite. Each
carriage had a
hand-wheel which
allowed the gun crew
to apply more or
less friction to
control the gun’s
recoil.
When the Monitor
was found and the
turret was
excavated,
conservators found
the cannon carriages
inverted. They were
removed from the
turret and are
currently upside
down in their
conservation tanks. |
