The Survival of Priest Point Park’s Civil War Cannons (WA)
August 21, 2015
By Jennifer Crooks
... Olympia leaders .. originally hoped for an iron cannon, but were informed by Senator Jones that only bronze cannons were left and they would need to pay around $300 to purchase a single cannon ... Olympia was to receive two Napoleon cannons and a stock of forty eight-inch cannonballs ... The city’s cost was $26.20 – only the freight charge. The historic weapons arrived in Olympia during the first week of February 1913 ... As researched by Fort Steilacoom historians, the two cannons were used by the Union Army during the Civil War. The first was cast by the Revere Copper Company in Boston Massachusetts in 1863 ... The second .. was cast by Henry N. Hopper & Company in Boston, Massachusetts in 1862 ... The cannons in Bellingham and (North) Yakima arrived and were displayed in local parks for a time but were melted down as scrap during World War II ...
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