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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1079477" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>[h=1]EXCLUSIVE: Loaded Revolutionary War-Era Cannon Found In Central Park[/h]<strong>NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)</strong> — A dangerous and historic discovery was made in Central Park on Friday afternoon.</p><p>The loaded artillery piece was one of two Revolutionary War-era cannons being stored at the park’s Ramble shed near the 79th Street transverse. Preservation workers for the Central Park Conservancy called police about mid-day after opening up the capped cannon for cleaning.</p><p> The NYPD released a picture of what its officers found: more than 800 grams of black powder still capable of firing, along with cotton wadding and a cannonball .</p><p>For John Moore, who is working on a book called “The Secrets of Central Park,” this is a new one.</p><p> “This is an amazing surprise. It was there for so many years and people were sitting on it when it was a loaded cannon,” Moore said.</p><p> That’s right: the loaded cannon was on public display from the 1860s until 1996 when the Conservancy decided to bring it indoors to protect it from vandalism. It was donated to the park about the time of the Civil War.</p><p>In fairness, it never occurred to anyone that the cannon, which is said to be at least 233 years old, would still pose a threat. The field piece was already more than 90 years old when it was donated to the park, apparently by someone who’d salvaged it from a sunken British frigate in the East River. It was put on display at the park, and capped with concrete. No one even considered the possibility that British sailors had loaded and sealed it before their ship went down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1079477, member: 12952"] [h=1]EXCLUSIVE: Loaded Revolutionary War-Era Cannon Found In Central Park[/h][B]NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)[/B] — A dangerous and historic discovery was made in Central Park on Friday afternoon. The loaded artillery piece was one of two Revolutionary War-era cannons being stored at the park’s Ramble shed near the 79th Street transverse. Preservation workers for the Central Park Conservancy called police about mid-day after opening up the capped cannon for cleaning. The NYPD released a picture of what its officers found: more than 800 grams of black powder still capable of firing, along with cotton wadding and a cannonball . For John Moore, who is working on a book called “The Secrets of Central Park,” this is a new one. “This is an amazing surprise. It was there for so many years and people were sitting on it when it was a loaded cannon,” Moore said. That’s right: the loaded cannon was on public display from the 1860s until 1996 when the Conservancy decided to bring it indoors to protect it from vandalism. It was donated to the park about the time of the Civil War. In fairness, it never occurred to anyone that the cannon, which is said to be at least 233 years old, would still pose a threat. The field piece was already more than 90 years old when it was donated to the park, apparently by someone who’d salvaged it from a sunken British frigate in the East River. It was put on display at the park, and capped with concrete. No one even considered the possibility that British sailors had loaded and sealed it before their ship went down. [/QUOTE]
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