Fort Ticonderoga Artillery Collection - Ticonderoga, NY
Posted by: Telomere
N 43° 50.494 W 073° 23.257
18T E 629615 N 4855539
Fort Ticonderoga houses the largest collection of cannons, mortars and howitzers in the United States.
Waymark Code: WM6RFH
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/13/2009
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The collection assembled and preserved by the Pell family at Fort Ticonderoga includes authentic Revolutionary period artillery, and newer pieces from several countries and conflicts. At least 2 of these originally resided at the Fort before being transported among 60 tons of artillery to Dorchester Heights (Boston) by Henry Knox, in the winter of 1776 - a strategic move which ended the British Siege of the city.
Some of these pieces show details ranging from artistic to bizarre.