Tag: 1915

Defending Panama, 1915

On: By: Romeyn

This is one of the big monsters upon which America will have to rely for protection against any foreign power that may get the notion to seize the Panama Canal. This sixteen inch disappearing gun is the biggest gun of its class in the world and is capable of throwing a projectile twenty-one miles. The gun proper weighs 200 tons and was made some months ago at Watervliet, N. Y., from where it was shipped to Watertown, Mass., to have the carriage fitted. Several times along the way its extraordinary weight spread the rails. Dec. 10th it was shipped to Sandy Hook proving grounds on a train of fourteen specially constructed cars. The gun will, ultimately used in the fortifications at the Panama Canal. The picture shows the gun on the carriage and the specially constructed cars which were used to transport it.
(The Day Book (Chicago, IL), December 15, 1915)

Dinosaurs Visit NYC, 1915

On: By: Romeyn

A “What If” article titled “Eight Pre-historic Monsters Visit New York” published in the Richmond times-dispatch., February 28, 1915

[…] If the dinosaurs had visited lower Broadway to pay their respects to the Mayor, let us say, It would not have been at all impossible for the corythosaurus to have balanced itself on the steps of the City Hall and from that vantage point to have scratched his chin against the Statue of Justice which adorns the top of the Structure. Continue reading “Dinosaurs Visit NYC, 1915” →