Hot shot oven at Ft. Marion

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Hot shot oven at Ft. Marion

Entry/Object ID

Library.640

Tags

Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023

Description

4 leaves ; 28 cm Hot shot oven at Ft. Marion by Writers Program (Fla.). The substantial little furnace for heating cannon balls on the seaward side of Fort Marion (Castillo De San Marcus) has been an object of interest since its erection in 1843. These auxiliaries of the artillery have been common to forts erected on the seacoast since revolutionary times, and the shot heated in these ovens were very effective against wooden ships. Sponsored by Florida State Dept. of Public Instruction. Cover title. Compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Florida. Federal Works Agency, John M. Carmody, Administrator. Work Project Administration, F.C. Harrington, Commissioner; Florence Keer, Assistant Commissioner; Roy Schroder, State Administrator. Reproduced from typescript.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (Saint. Augustine, Fla.)., Ordnance., Fort Marion National Monument (Saint Augustine, Fla.) see Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (Saint Augustine, Fla.).

Publication Details

Author

Writers' Program (Fla.), Florida. Dept. of Public Instruction. Carmody, John M. (John Michael) 1881-1962. United States Federal Works Agency. United States Work Projects Administration (Fla.)

Edition

Typescript

Publisher

Publisher not identified.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Place of publication not identified.

Call No.

Rare Book UF 454 .F5 W8