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Cannonball

Object number2019.108.4

Datec. 1870

MediumIron

Credit LineGift of Robin Eichleay

DescriptionSpherical cannonball. Iron. Mottled brown, gray, and black surface. Surface is pitted and rough. Hole on one side.DimensionsDiameter (Cannonball): 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Diameter (Bored hole): 0.875 in. (2.2 cm)
Historical NotesSix-inch Civil War artillery cannister, from the home of John Eichleay, Jr. on Arlington Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Given to donor Robin Eichleay by Roy O. Eichleay.

Previous owner John Eichleay Jr. (born 1854)

Previous owner Roy O. Eichleay

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