Ogden Daily Standard | 1888-01-12 | Page 4 | A Big Gun

A big gun ila jan il the tar 9 est gun ever made of steel in one solid casti and one of th reo N ig fu n 8 re bently ordered by the uni to t A tes government was cast at tile ritts burg steel companas Comp anys works in this city tills afternoon whether it will be tj success or not can at present only be surmised A curve art examination of the mould all bour after the inoval had been poured was big lally F at 7 f ina to the experts who in ad t lie casting u ill not be taken from the mould for a kc k it it is a perfect gun it will be completed anti shipped to washington the completed gun will be inches 14 ang and will ino tons it largest diameter from tile outside will be 23 inches its smallest diameter at the muzzle ten bindics