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TxAuBib
Projectile Shell
[Museum Object].
ca. 1863.
"Hollow shot, spherical shape, made of cast iron, powder and fuse hole on one side. Civil war relic likely made for the largest cannon used by the Confederates during the war, Columbiad. The St. Cyr building, 25th and Strand (where the current Santa Fe Station is located), was used as a military storehouse by the Confederates. Found about 1904 when digging for a street drain at 25th and Strand. A rotten wooden plug was removed and powder poured out.".
PERMANENT COLLECTION.
20150918.
"Civil war relic likely made for the largest cannon used by the Confederates during the war, Columbiad. The St. Cyr building, 25th and Strand (where the current Santa Fe Station is located), was used as a military storehouse by the Confederates. Found about 1904 when digging for a street drain at 25th and Strand. A rotten wooden plug was removed and powder poured out.".
https://rosenberg.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/25A3CF6C-E5DD-48F0-901E-599519391597
See Museum Object Listing
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