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The original stove had been damaged when the ship was torpedoed
on the Yazoo River and damaged again when it was raised a century
later. Some parts, like the oven doors, were never recovered.
Working from a combination of sketches, photographs, poured
impressions and trace evidence in the case of missing parts, the
company made new patterns from which the original cast pars were
duplicated. Sheet metal duplicating the 1/8-inch boilerplate
used in the original was used to reproduce the stove body.
The original stove, a Southern Belle of
about 1860 by the Burton Company of Cincinnati, still rests with
the tons of other artifacts raised with the Cairo and
awaiting incorporation into exhibits at Vicksburg. The
stove's reproduced counterpart is on exhibit in Memphis. |
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Original cookstove of U.S.S. Cairo and SBR reproduction
(Below) of same for gunboat exhibition for Mississippi River
Museum. |
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A companion pair of late 18th century British iron guns, the
3-pounder and 6-pounder shown above are now in production at
South Bend Replicas, Inc. Both guns are patterned directly
after specific originals, and are designed to meet needs of
serious collectors and the restoration market.
The more recently introduced of the
two, the 6-pounder, duplicates an original lately recovered from
Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts, and which, according to the
research of the salvor, appears to be one of several guns
jettisoned from the War of 1812 raider HMS Nimrod as she
lightened ship to get ungrounded and escape from nearby New
Bedford gunboats. The 3-pounder, already listed in the
1982-83 SBR catalog, was patterned from originals in Mobile,
Alabama and Washington, D.C., in response to a 1980 request from
Colonial Williamsburg for a pair of iron 3-pounders of that
period.
Both guns are poured solid, drilled,
sleeved, and lathe turned. The overall length of the
6-pounder is 68 inches, with weight of 1100 pounds. The
3-pounder is 57inches overall, and weight 500 pounds. |
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Original M. 1878 Lyle gun (lower) and SBR reproduction for Cape
Hatteras National Seashore lifesaving demonstrations. |
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20-pounder Parrott, Ashe carriage, for Port Hudson State
Commemorative Area (LA.). |
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