Re:The Dictator
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:16 pm
ironsight wrote:
Saw one last summer at Castle Island (Fort Independence) in Boston Harbor, not as big as the one in the picture. A beautiful star type granite fort next to the shipping channel.The 'Dictator' was the largest known CW mortar to belch fire, smoke and shell in anger. Being a Black Powder shooter, i find this thing fascinating:
Some facts:
Cast at= US Casting Foundry, Fort Pitt, Pittsburg, PA. in 1862
Designed for= Coastal fortifications
Weight=17,000+ pounds
Projectile= 13", 218 pound shell capable of throwing it 2.5+ miles
Charge= 20 pounds Black Powder
Action= Seige of Petersburg. Placed on a fortified railway car
Gunnery crew= Co. G, first Conneticut Heavy Artillery
Current whereabouts= unknown
Here's my colorized PhotoShop'd version with a twist...if only the Rebs had it!:dry:
