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Cannonball

Cannonball, circa 1814. Very heavy metal cannonball (over 4 pounds) and 3″ in diameter. This cannonball was recovered from the Tarbox family pasture after shot there by the “HMS Bulwark” during Biddeford’s famous skirmish in the War of 1812.

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Using a handsaw to cut river ice, 1912

Images 0951. Photographed by Charles E. Moody.

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