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Show 14-INCH COAST DEFENSE GUN IN MILFORD A big coast defense gun mounted on two flat cars passed through Mil-ford Mil-ford about noon today. The big barrel bar-rel was about fifty feet in length with 14-inch muzzle. It weighs 1 3 6 .S 2 5 pounds, or nearly 6SV tons It is enroute to Fort McArthur. the U. S. Government military headquarters headquar-ters at San Pedro. California. It came from the eastern gun works and is a 1910 model, and has just been tried out at the Government proving 1 grounds at Sandy Hook. |