The Biggest Cannon Ball.
The biggest cannon ball ever made weighed 2600 pounds, and was manufactured .at .the Krupp works, Essen, for Russia. The gun from which this projectile was fired is also the largest in the world, and is placed in the fortifications of Cronstadt. It has. a range of twelve miles and it has been estimated that each shot costs £300.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2, 11 January 1906, Page 29
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63The Biggest Cannon Ball. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2, 11 January 1906, Page 29
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