File:Iron Ball (FOUS 151) (b193baa5-1dd8-b71b-0b72-18ed7eede21c).JPG

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English: Iron Ball (FOUS 151)
Photographer
English: NPS photo
Title
English: Iron Ball (FOUS 151)
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

Iron ball.

This 3.2 oz. iron ball, a 1.3 caliber grapeshot, was possibly used in a swivel gun. The smallest type of cannon, a swivel gun could be mounted on a keelboat’s bow, or forward end, which in combination with the swivel, allowed for a wide arc of movement that covered river banks as well as the channel ahead. Of all ammunition discovered at Fort Union, grapeshot is the largest, ranging in size from .94” to 1.46” in diameter.

  • Keywords: fort; union; trading; post; fur; trade; ammunition
Depicted place
English: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Date Taken on 6 January 2017
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b193baa5-1dd8-b71b-0b72-18ed7eede21c
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
NPS Unit Code
InfoField
FOUS
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English: Artifacts of Fort Union: Weapons

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