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Random pic, although I'd guess it's a gun from one battleship or another, either at some foundry/shop probably in Pennsylvania or Washington Navy yard, or one of the Naval yards where they built em, Brooklyn? Boston, Philly, Norfolk (?) - can't recall where else we built battleships.
Pretty fair sized barrel, isn't it?
Maybe I'll check tineye.com to see where else that picture appeared. I found it without context or comments, so just guessing.
Let's see... Tineye kicked this out:
Higher res shows build date on Flatcar of 1939, so that's probably an Iowa class gun...
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Ok, here we go. I took the address from the photo-match that Tineye found (site:lehigh.happeningmag.com) did a search under that url for shipping + gun and voila:
Area Servicemen to be Honored During SteelStacks’ Memorial Day Celebration May 28-30 - Lehigh Happening
This year’s event includes programs honoring ‘Our Hometown Heroes’ and the Veterans who worked at Bethlehem Steel From May 28-30, the community is invited to join Embassy Bank and ArtsQuest in honoring the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country during the...
lehigh.happeningmag.com
"Area Servicemen to be Honored During SteelStacks’ Memorial Day Celebration May 28-30
This year’s event includes programs honoring ‘Our Hometown Heroes’ and the Veterans who worked at Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp. produced more than 73 million tons of steel for the U.S. Military during World War II including armor plating, Naval guns and more. On May 28, David Venditta will talk about the steel giant’s important role during the war. This image, courtesy of the National Museum of Industrial History, shows a 50-caliber battleship gun being pulled out of the plant’s No. 8 Machine Shop in the early 1940s."
Continuing the story of that picture, Number 8 machine shop is shown in this layout just to the left of the BOF (in red)
Bethlehem Steel is of course gone now. Some of the plant was preserved, or converted. The rest of the plant is various light industrial companies and a Sands Casino. Machine Shop #8 survives, albeit as an unnamed building. You can see it on Google maps, just to the west of sequential technologies.
Some pics of the remnants before the area was "revitalized"
If you plug in 40.611921,-75.352849 to Google maps and select the street view you should be looking right at the spot where the picture was taken.
Bethlehem Steel is of course gone now. Some of the plant was preserved, or converted. The rest of the plant is various light industrial companies and a Sands Casino. Machine Shop #8 survives, albeit as an unnamed building. You can see it on Google maps, just to the west of sequential technologies.
Some pics of the remnants before the area was "revitalized"
The Pilgrimage to Bethlehem Steel's Abandoned Mills | Abandoned America
Before the Sands Casino made it impossible to access, the former site of the Bethlehem Steel plant was one of the most amazing industrial ruins of our time. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America.
www.abandonedamerica.us
If you plug in 40.611921,-75.352849 to Google maps and select the street view you should be looking right at the spot where the picture was taken.
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A pangolin.
Pangolin - Wikipedia
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Remember when we were told they were the origin of Wuhan flu and because there was still some faith in the world you could slightly believe it?
Dynamite the bridge and it would be perfect.
Is this the reference material for the NFA classifying guns larger that 50-caliber as destructive devices?Ok, here we go. I took the address from the photo-match that Tineye found (site:lehigh.happeningmag.com) did a search under that url for shipping + gun and voila:
Area Servicemen to be Honored During SteelStacks’ Memorial Day Celebration May 28-30 - Lehigh Happening
This year’s event includes programs honoring ‘Our Hometown Heroes’ and the Veterans who worked at Bethlehem Steel From May 28-30, the community is invited to join Embassy Bank and ArtsQuest in honoring the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country during the...lehigh.happeningmag.com
"Area Servicemen to be Honored During SteelStacks’ Memorial Day Celebration May 28-30
This year’s event includes programs honoring ‘Our Hometown Heroes’ and the Veterans who worked at Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp. produced more than 73 million tons of steel for the U.S. Military during World War II including armor plating, Naval guns and more. On May 28, David Venditta will talk about the steel giant’s important role during the war. This image, courtesy of the National Museum of Industrial History, shows a 50-caliber battleship gun being pulled out of the plant’s No. 8 Machine Shop in the early 1940s."
You get shot by one of these though it may hurt more than soap and soap stings.
See this summary for assessment of 50 cal Mark 7 specifications and performance:
36000 yds = 32.9 km = 20.5 miles
Recoil described as "stout"
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Watertown Arsenal and Boston Navy Yard were amazing places that fulfilled the Americán Dream for workers and kept us strong........gone now . boutique villages with facades of once having strength that now house the weak.
Looks like some vertical stringing. Need to tighten up those SDs..See this summary for assessment of 50 cal Mark 7 specifications and performance:
36000 yds = 32.9 km = 20.5 miles
Recoil described as "stout"
Prometheus would fix it.
And is this really a test? I mean isn't the pentagon the worlds biggest building by square foot?
I smell .308 at 4 miles with 168 FGMM and four barn broadsides stacked.......
Wish they would take the Missouri out of mothballs and try the Capitol.
That’s a quitter’s question. The real question is “why not?”
Nicole came directly over us in Metro ATL. Barely breath of wind and less than 1/4” rain. 
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Load workup is challenging as the blast keeps destroying chronographs.
"The D839 propellant (smokeless powder) grain used for full charges issued for this gun was 2 in (51 mm) long, 1 in (25 mm) in diameter and had seven perforations, each 0.060 in (1.5 mm) in diameter with a web thickness range of 0.193 to 0.197 in (4.9 to 5.0 mm) between the perforations and the grain diameter. A maximum charge consisted of six silk bags–hence the term bag gun–each filled with 110 lb (50 kg) of propellant.[1]"
660 lbs. = 4,620,000 grains of powder.
I converted the little lady's bathroom scale to read out in grains with a 10 digit display, but it's tough tryin to find the node. Neighbors keep complaining that they can't sleep and it's shattering windows and cracking foundations. Thinking about getting a Form 1 for a couple of corn silos to tone it down a bit...
Steady 25mph here but rain is lighter than this morning.Nicole came directly over us in Metro ATL. Barely breath of wind and less than 1/4” rain.
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So any bets on who strokes out first while still in office? This joker or Brandon?
