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21-JUL-2007 ©Lux

Cannon

London

24 pounder gun and cast iron carriage weighing 5.75 tons. Thought to have been made in the low
countries in 1607 commissioned by the Knights of Malta. Brought to England in 1800 and lay at the
Royal Arsenal in Woolwich till being brought to the tower in 1962. The carriage was made by John
Hall of Dartford, Kent in 1827.

Olympus E-500
1/80s f/5.6 at 17.0mm iso100 full exif

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