Yesterday at St. Andrews-By-The-Sea. New Brunswick.
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The mushroom topped block house can be found inside Fort Niagara as well. It's a weird defensive model. I'm not certain how they were supposed to be utilized, if I recall correctly, there are rifle loops in the floor so those upstairs can fire on the outside of their own walls, clearing enemy from the doors I suppose?
The thing is made of wood, if I'm besieging one, I'm sending messages to surrender or I'll put the whole sh1thouse to flame? Perhaps that tactic was considered ungentlemanly back then?
The thing is made of wood, if I'm besieging one, I'm sending messages to surrender or I'll put the whole sh1thouse to flame? Perhaps that tactic was considered ungentlemanly back then?
I was mostly interested in the guns. 18-pounders. That shoreline on the horizon of the first photo is Maine, USA, across the St. Croix River, entering Passamaquoddy Bay, an inlet of the Bay of Fundy. Supposedly these guns could hit that far shore in Maine. They seem in vg condition for being over 200 years old and might only require some fresh rigging to be put back into action.
https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/artillery-in-canada-7-new-brunswick-st-andrews-by-the-sea
https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/artillery-in-canada-7-new-brunswick-st-andrews-by-the-sea
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By the way, does anyone have any idea what this is?
I pulled it out of the red mud at the bottom of Passamaquoddy Bay during low tide, right in front of the blockhouse (see bottom photo).
This bay is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy that has the highest tides in the world...in places, over 50 ft.
In Passamaquoddy Bay more like 20 ft.
It is wood and seems obviously carved. It's approx. 4.5 in. long and 1 in. in diameter. Some sort of stopper?
The bottom of the bay at low tide.
I pulled it out of the red mud at the bottom of Passamaquoddy Bay during low tide, right in front of the blockhouse (see bottom photo).
This bay is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy that has the highest tides in the world...in places, over 50 ft.
In Passamaquoddy Bay more like 20 ft.
It is wood and seems obviously carved. It's approx. 4.5 in. long and 1 in. in diameter. Some sort of stopper?
The bottom of the bay at low tide.
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The way to find out would be to clamber up and see if it fits. (There are signs asking you not to climb on the cannons.) Next time I'm down that way. There are a few similar cannons in the town that have easy access. I'll see if it fits any of them. However, these old cannons have such heavy coats of paint, that it might be hard to tell if it would fit.
I think its probably a fid. Not that one couldn't use a fid to plug the touch hole in a cannon.
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