NY, FORT SLOCUM - 15 inch Rodman Gun closeup - RPPC - 606290-2 Monuments/Statues To: Mrs Jane W Rand

To:  Mrs Jane W Rand

The photographers Arthur B

The furthest building on the right very clearly has a sign for CHESTER DRUG STORE and I can almost make out the sign over what must be the Fullerton

Additional Info:  picture shows what must be workers mainly on the left - walking down the street  and resting on logs

to Miss Celia E Clark

NY, FORT SLOCUM - 15 inch Rodman Gun closeup - RPPC - 606290-2 Monuments/Statues To: Mrs Jane W RandNew York postcard Fort Slocum, NY EKC on stamp box Close up of a 15 inch Rodman Gun including a plaque that reads: ONE OF SEVERAL SIMILAR GUNS FORMING THE ARMAMENT OF FORT SLOCUM ABOUT 1872 WEIGHT OF GUN 49,000 LBS WEIGHT OF SOLID SHOT 450 LBS WEIGHT OF SHELL WITH BURSTING CHARGE 330 LBS A BLACK POWDER CHARGE OF 110 LBS WAS REQUIRED TO CARRY SHOT OF SHELL ABOUT 4 MILES IT'S MAXIMUM ACCURATE RANGE ON THE FACE OF THE CANON LIKE PART HAS: NO 153 G A and