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"Battleship USS Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. 16-Inch Projectile And Powder Can. These projectiles weigh 2,700 pounds and could be fired out to 23 statute miles. The can holds three bags of powder. It took six bags to fire each shell." View of projectile. Side 2.
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  • Item: 228
  • Description: "Battleship USS Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. 16-Inch Projectile And Powder Can. These projectiles weigh 2,700 pounds and could be fired out to 23 statute miles. The can holds three bags of powder. It took six bags to fire each shell." View of projectile. Side 2.
  • Creator(s): Arnette, Emory
  • Date: 1966
  • City/State: Mobile, Alabama
  • County: Mobile County
  • Call Number: PI/2008.0001
  • Filename: 121479-photo-2.tif