Canon Blomefield, 18 livres - 18 pounder Blomefield Cannon - Gaspé, Québec - Static Artillery Displays on Waymarking.com

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À ses débuts, la station (site du phare de Cap-des-Rosiers) était dotée d'un canon que le gardien du phare chargeait de poudre afin de produire une détonation toutes les demi-heures. Il y a deux canons identiques sur le site du phare de Cap-des-Rosiers. L'un se trouve à proximité du phare, tandis que l'autre se trouve au centre, dans une zone dégagée sur le terrain.

Thomas Blomefield devint inspecteur de l'artillerie en 1780. Entre 1782 et 1785, son service procéda à une réprimande générale des munitions, il en rejeta près de la moitié. En 1787, des canons en fonte de la propre conception de Blomefield ont été fabriqués. Il apporta trois modifications importantes à la conception d'Armstrong. Premièrement, la culasse a été rendue plus arrondie, éliminant les moulures saillantes. Deuxièmement, le premier renforcement a été rendu presque cylindrique, le second renforcement a été fortement réduit et la chasse a été renforcée. Troisièmement, un anneau a été ajouté à la cascable pour permettre le libre mouvement des cordes de culasse, utilisées pour limiter le recul du canon à bord du navire. Ce mouvement libre a permis d’entraîner le pistolet à un angle avec le côté du navire tout en conservant une retenue efficace contre le recul.

In the beginning, the Pointe-au-Père lighthouse was equipped with a cannon that the lighthouse keeper loaded with powder to produce a detonation every half hour. There are two identical cannons on the site of the Cap-des-Rosiers lighthouse. One is in close proximity to the lighthouse while the other is in the middle is in an open area on the grounds.

Blomefield design

Thomas Blomefield became Inspector of Artillery, in 1780. Between 1782 and 1785 his department carried out a general reproof of ordnance, he rejected nearly half of them. In 1787 cast iron guns of Blomefield's own design were made. He made three significant alterations to the Armstrong design. Firstly, the breech was made more rounded, eliminating the prominent mouldings. Secondly, the first reinforce was made almost cylindrical, the second reinforce was strongly tapered and the chase strengthened. Thirdly, a ring was added to the cascable which allowed free movement of the breech ropes, used to restrict the gun's recoil aboard ship. This free movement allowed the gun to be trained at an angle to the side of the ship and still have effective recoil restraint.

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What type of artillery is this?: Cannon - Canon Where is this artillery located?: Government building What military of the world used this device?: British Date artillery was in use: 01/01/1858 Artillery is no longer operational: yes Are there any geocaches at this location?: Phare de Cap-des-Rosiers -GC287QD- Date artillery was placed on display: Not listed Parking location to view this Waymark: Not Listed Cost?: Not Listed Still may work: Not Listed

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