Sydney Heritage
Dawes Point Gun Battery c.1857
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The five 42 Pounder Smooth-bore guns, are the only armaments of the former Battery currently on site.
They were cast at the Walker armaments foundry at Tipton in England, one bearing the date 1843 and the other four 1844. The cannon were installed in the semi-circular (upper) battery as part of Major Barney’s works from 1855-1859, in response to the Crimean War threat.
The five 42-pound cannon were probably installed in 1857. Their teak carriages bear the date 1856, however that is a manufacture date and it is known that they had not arrived by the time of Denison’s report to the Executive Council in November 1856. Circular tracks for each was set into the bedrock in order to swivel each cannon about a 180o angle. The cannon never fired a shot in anger.
Dawes Point Gun Battery c.1857
See where this picture was taken. [?]
The five 42 Pounder Smooth-bore guns, are the only armaments of the former Battery currently on site.
They were cast at the Walker armaments foundry at Tipton in England, one bearing the date 1843 and the other four 1844. The cannon were installed in the semi-circular (upper) battery as part of Major Barney’s works from 1855-1859, in response to the Crimean War threat.
The five 42-pound cannon were probably installed in 1857. Their teak carriages bear the date 1856, however that is a manufacture date and it is known that they had not arrived by the time of Denison’s report to the Executive Council in November 1856. Circular tracks for each was set into the bedrock in order to swivel each cannon about a 180o angle. The cannon never fired a shot in anger.