Mortar

historic site

Granted to Iowa by an Act of Congress, this 13-inch seacoast mortar was shipped to Iowa from a naval yard in Washington, D.C., in 1895. The 22,000-pound mortar was cast in 1861 at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania.

Material
iron
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5019:27
June solstice05:4120:1120:53
September equinox07:0318:3719:13
December solstice07:3916:0316:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

41.59105, -93.60460

Elevation 270 m (modelled from terrain)

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