Cannon found in scrap

bornintheussr · May 3, 2024

I usually pay attention to trucks caring scrap in bed and over last 10 years picked few nice bikes and one cool Lambretta but this time it was something different ... Truck was loaded with stuff and only the tip of the barrel was visible but I figured out it was too thick just to be simple water pipe. So I tried to talk to the guy at traffic light stop but he speaks no English, then I used my Spanish but dude also don't speak Spanish (later it turned out he speaks Portuguese ....welcome to Miami) so I pointed to the side of the road and screamed STOOOOPPPPP.
We successfully unearthed this beauty from beneath broken BBQ ovens and stuff, I gave him $200 and we shook hands.

Now from what I understand this is a line throwing cannon?

Rich44 · May 3, 2024

Just so happen to be driving down the road and run into this cannon. Good luck with your new to you cannon. You should get a good bang out of it.

Coot · May 3, 2024

Rich44 said:
Just so happen to be driving down the road and run into this cannon. Good luck with your new to you cannon. You should get a good bang out of it.

What a great find & a great price! Galbrath was a well known name in line throwing cannon tho most I have seen were bronze.
Congratulations!

TDM · May 3, 2024

Well worth the effort and the $200. Congratulations!

JeffG · May 3, 2024

Without all the "wow!s" I want to put in here, you have saved a nice Galbraith/Lyle line throwing gun from doom. There are a lot of example and history on line for them to read. A lot were bronze, yours appears to be iron. Again, very nice!!

Mad Hatter · May 3, 2024

Nice that says homemade powder. Curious what those 2 flat black painted pieces of steel are, between the lopper handles ?

11Bravo · May 4, 2024

You did good Sir, The following pictures are of a line throwing cannon I worked on last year for a local Yacht club. It was converted many years ago to fire 10ga blanks that they fire each day as they lower the flag. The original maker also made signal cannons used to start yacht races. I also get the job of loading the blanks for the cannon.

Wncman · May 4, 2024

bornintheussr said:
I usually pay attention to trucks caring scrap in bed and over last 10 years picked few nice bikes and one cool Lambretta but this time it was something different ... Truck was loaded with stuff and only the tip of the barrel was visible but I figured out it was too thick just to be simple water pipe. So I tried to talk to the guy at traffic light stop but he speaks no English, then I used my Spanish but dude also don't speak Spanish (later it turned out he speaks Portuguese ....welcome to Miami) so I pointed to the side of the road and screamed STOOOOPPPPP.
We successfully unearthed this beauty from beneath broken BBQ ovens and stuff, I gave him $200 and we shook hands.

Now from what I understand this is a line throwing cannon?
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Awesome find ! Good eye

11Bravo · May 4, 2024

They had many of these alone the east coast for ships that ran aground. this is a video of a Lyle life saving gun in action.

another video demo

Winterhawk · May 10, 2024

That is a great find, and those are two good videos, Thank you both for posting!

~Kees~

UXCZ · Wednesday at 8:21 AM

Wow, it's amazing that you were able to spot the potential treasure hidden among all the scrap. I'm curious, what are your plans for this newfound gem? Do you intend to restore it, keep it as a display piece, or perhaps even put it into use (after ensuring it's safe to do so)? Whatever you decide, it's clear that this was an exciting and worthwhile addition to your collection.

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