Water Cannon Traditional Cache

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Calluna Tib: As there has been no response to the previous log requesting that this cache is checked I have no option but to archive it.

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Heather
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Hidden : 8/23/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

***** It is not attached to the Cannon****

Located on the South Embankment of the River Dart. The area around the cache gets very busy in summer, that’s why we have made the difficulty 4. Altitude is about 3 feet. The area is flat and paved and easy access for the young, old & disabled. Dogs allowed (on a lead) and limited parking is close by.

You are looking for a very small magnetic nano. Inside it you will find a tiny log to record your visit.

Guarding the "Water" at the mouth of the River Dart you will find an 18 pound cast-iron "Cannon" sited on the South Embankment.

Cast at Briansk in Russia in 1826. It is assumed that these guns and carriages were brought back as trophies of war from the Crimera after the conflict of 1854-1856 and a number still exist in various cities and towns through the British Isles. This example has a calibre of 5 and a quarter inches and would have fired a round shot of cast-iron weighing 18 pounds. If you look close on the top of the barrel you will see the monogram of the Russian Imperial Double Headed Eagle.
The carriage under the cannon is made of wrought-iron and in fact, only forms part of the original unit. This carriage was mounted on a wrought-iron slide which supported this type of carriage and was probably never brought back to this country. This design of period artillery was known as the Systeme Venglov Pattern of 1853 and examples on display in Russia are captioned to this effect. This was a garrison or coastal defence type of mounting for guns between 12 and 36 pounders.
The carriage is of light and of simple construction, both the upper carriage and slide ware made of bars of hammered iron and to prevent the rails from being bent by the shock of the discharge. It would have also been supported in the middle as well as by the traverse wheels at each end, a platform of planks would have been laid for the middle support to rest on. The prop at the rear end of the tongue was made in tow units so that its length could be adapted to the variable level of the terreplein. In low batteries the upper carriage was used separately from the side on a common platform.

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