Rodman gun
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The Rodman gun is any of a series of American Civil War–era columbiads designed by Union artillery officer Thomas Jackson Rodman (1815–1871). The guns were designed to fire both shot and shell. These heavy guns were intended to be mounted in seacoast fortifications. 8-inch, 10-inch, 13-inch, 15-inch, and 20-inch bore Rodman guns were produced. Other than size, the guns were all nearly identical in design, with a curving bottle shape, a large flat cascabels, and ratchets or sockets for the elevating mechanism. Rodman guns were true guns that did not have a howitzer-like powder chamber, as did many earlier columbiads. Rodman guns differed from all previous artillery because they were hollow cast, a new technology that Rodman developed that resulted in cast-iron guns that were much stronger than their predecessors.
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Rear view of ten inch Columbiad showing its range of fire down the James River above Dutch Gap Canal
Fort Jay gun placement east gate HABS NY,31-GOVI,1-23
Cannonballs fir the 15" Rodman Ammunition gun at Fort Mason, looking towards Alcatraz, c1869.
15in Rodman gun, rear view
Rodman gun - Centennial Exposition - 1876 - Project Gutenberg eText 14333
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RodmanRatchet| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | RodmanGun | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Rodman Guns | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Breech | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Rear view of ten inch Columbiad showing its range of fire down the James River above Dutch Gap Canal | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Jay gun placement east gate HABS NY,31-GOVI,1-23 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Cannonballs fir the 15" Rodman Ammunition gun at Fort Mason, looking towards Alcatraz, c1869. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 15in Rodman gun, rear view | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Rodman gun - Centennial Exposition - 1876 - Project Gutenberg eText 14333 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | RodmanNPSImage14 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | RodmanRatchet | Commons | ||
