West Point Foundry Association drawings, 1846-1878.

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West Point Foundry Association drawings, 1846-1878.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58782680

Oversized volume (26 x 36 in.) of designs for guns, mortars, sights, carriages, projectiles, parts, and miscellaneous equipment from the records of the West Point Foundry, 1846-1878, with the majority dating from the Civil War era.

1 v. (161 p.)

New-York Historical Society

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