Royal artillery

[eggwelder]

Was up on Signal hill today here in St John`s. checked out the Queens Battery with it`s 6 32 pdrs pointed out over the north atlantic. Very impressive and commanding view.

 

[eggwelder]

Then went down the hill to Fort Waldegrave. All thats left of the fort is one of two guns it had that points out over the St John`s harbour. It`s purpose was to cover the harbour if any ships got past the Queen`s Battery and other guns that are no longer there.this 32 pounder does not appear to be rendered inactive like so many of the other guns at historic sites in Canada

 

[eggwelder]

the amount of guns and other points of historical interest in Newfoundland is amazing.
150 yards down the hill from my house in Torbay, NL is a point called "the Battery". nothing gets named "the Battery" unless there had actually been a battery of guns there in the past. i`m told that where my house is built now, that there had at one time, stood stables for the Royal artillery`s horses. there are at least two cannon in this town in people`s yards that were found in the area.
St John`s alone has so many historic sites, and it should, being the oldest city in N America. the French and British fought over control of much of the island, there is a French fort at Placentia, NL that was destroyed by the brits. i have not been there, but there are some French guns to be seen there.

 

[nightwolf1974]

I'm surprised they are still there...LOTS of old cannons were scrapped by the British or repurposed as bollards. ☹