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| John Paul Jones Park, also known as Fort Hamilton Park and Cannonball Park, is the site of one of the world's last remaining Rodman guns. Fort Hamilton, in 1864, tested this new cannon, which weighed 58 tons and fired shot weighing 1080 pounds. A derrick had to be used to load the Rodman gun. While it was used effectively for a brief time during the Civil War, ultimately, it was supplanted by other weaponry. One of the last Rodman guns wound up here. (information and picture from "forgottenNY.com)
Cannonball Park located in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn New York was my favorite park. As children and even as middle schoolers, we loved to play on the Cannonballs. But our favorite thing was to climb on top of the Cannon. This park did not have any play equipment at the time. I loved to ride the swings but that was closer to the water and my older brother had to be with me, so I could not go too often.
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