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(...) The bomb ketch is still in existence, but in New Jersey. I won't have it for a few weeks yet. When I do, I'll take some more pictures. LFB (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates)
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It might be possible to make a nice cannon out of qty part name 1 70973 Belville Bucket 0-2 3941 Brick 2 x 2 Round 1 6233 Cone 3 x 3 x 2 something(s) ?? 1 44359 Cylinder 3 x 3 Hemisphere 1 ??? Technic Axle ? kurt (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Lindsay your mortar webpage is still there but it doesn't link to anything. I want to connect it to the (URL) linking post. kurt (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It's a good start! I like it! kurt (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Do one, and upload a picture for us! kurt (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) The 15 inch Dahlgren was my model prototype, my lego cannon however, has the flatish butt end of the 15" Rodman (2 URLs) (...) Finally, someone likes my gun mount/carriage!! Thanks! I was just looking on the web for pics or drawings of early (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) I agree with Lindsay! kurt (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) It kind of looks like a 15" Dahlgren. I really like the inclusion of gearing on the carriage! LFB (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) That page is incorrect. The first steam-powered armed warship in North America was in fact Robert Fulton's catamaran-hulled center-paddler Demologos, completed in 1815 for the defence of New York and kept in service by the US Navy until its (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Hi Kurt (...) Um - I think the Texans might have been nosed out by the Royal Navy. :) The British were using steam-powered gunboats on the St. Lawrence river and Lake Ontario in the winter of 1837-1838 to counter what today would be called (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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