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Photographs of
Loyalist Park
Cannons

Cast iron

Digby
Digby County
Nova Scotia

Located in Loyalist Park on the waterfront

Loyalist Park, Digby
Six cast-iron cannons

Location	Foundry weight	Date	Weight (pounds)	Weight (kilograms)
south	42-1-11	1841	4743	2151
	43-2-14	1844	4886	2216
	42-3-6	1844	4794	2174
	42-3-0	1841	4788	2171
	42-0-26	1840	4730	2145
north	41-3-1	–	4677	2121

These cannons cannot be identified by serial numbers.
They have no serial numbers. Each of these guns has a
weight, as marked by the foundry, and no two are the same.
These photographs are identified by the foundry weights.

The cannons are listed here in sequence, from the south end
of the park to the north end.

Digby: Loyalist Park cannon 42-1-11 1841

Loyalist Park cannon 42-1-11 1841
Manufactured: 1841 Weight: 42-1-11 (2151 kg)
Cannon manufactured for Victoria Regina (Queen Victoria reigned 1837-1901)

Loyalist Park cannon 43-2-14 1844
Manufactured: 1844 Weight: 43-2-14 (2216 kg)
Cannon manufactured for Victoria Regina

Loyalist Park cannon 42-3-6 1844
Manufactured: 1844 Weight: 42-3-6 (2174 kg)
Cannon manufactured for Victoria Regina

Loyalist Park cannon 42-3-0 1841
Manufactured: 1841 Weight: 42-3-0 (2171 kg)
Cannon manufactured for Victoria Regina

Digby: Loyalist Park cannon 42-0-26 1840

Loyalist Park cannon 42-0-26 1840
Manufactured: 1840 Weight: 42-0-26 (2145 kg)
Cannon manufactured for Victoria Regina

Loyalist Park cannon 41-3-1

Weight: 41-3-1 (2121 kg)

The foundry marked this cannon's weight as 41 - 3 - 1,
meaning 41 hundredweight plus 3 quarters plus 1 pound.
One hundredweight equalled 112 pounds, and one quarterweight
equalled 28 pounds. Thus this cannon weighs 4677 pounds.
One kilogram equals 2.205 pounds.

This cannon's weight works out to 2121 kilograms
(at the time of manufacture, not much changed now).