Columbiad
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columbiad-174-7756526
title:
Columbiad
text:
The columbiad was a large-caliber, smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon able to fire heavy projectiles at both high and low trajectories. This feature enabled the columbiad to fire solid shot or shell to long ranges, making it an excellent seacoast defense weapon for its day. Invented by Colonel George Bomford, United States Army, in 1811, columbiads were used in United States seacoast defense from the War of 1812 until the early years of the 20th century. Very few columbiads were used outside of t
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbiad
date created:
2005-11-29T01:19:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T19:10:59Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Columbiad_at_Fort_Donelson.jpg","width":1024,"height":768}
fields total:
13
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