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Nice seeing an original Whitworth cannon being fired but would have been good to have seen a full loading sequence.
Video highlights of the first time out with a newly restored Whitworth Cannon.
“WANTED – TO WORKING GUNMAKERS – Wanted several Screwers and Finishers by the Whitworth Rifle Company, Sackville-street, Manchester. Apply personally or by letter. The best London prices are given.” ~ advert in Birmingham Journal – Saturday 1 December 1860.
Whitworth Research Project – database management summary 2024.
On Oak Hill at Gettysburg with two British imported Whitworth cannons to discuss the development of the Whitworth and British imports in the American Civil War.