Tank Farm Battle Cannon Traditional Cache
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Take the time to read the plaque near the Midwest Oil Company battle cannon. Interesting facet of early local (1920s era) history and the use of the cannon.
The large wooden tank structures, with metal roofs and highly combustible oil, were very vulnerable to lightning. Cannons were used when a storage tank for oil caught on fire, often when touched off by lightning or by sparks from passing steam engines. Some fires burned for days.
The fires were often impossible to extinguish and raged on until all the oil burned. So, the cannon was used to shoot gaping holes in the side of the tanks for the oil to drain out into collection ponds where it was later pumped into other holding tanks. The cannon weighs about 500 pounds.
Please hide as well or better than found. If log is near full or cache needs maintenance please advise in your comments.Thx.
This is a an OD (olive darb) waterproof match cannister that contains only a log. Please BYOP.
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