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CharlieC


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I'm starting to think that the US Archives are a treasure trove of information which has barely been exploited.

For example the British 9.2inch howitzer was in service throughout WW1 and a number were built in the US. It was intended that the 9.2inch howitzer

should become the US Army standard heavy howitzer but this never happened. By chance search engine threw up a reference to a set of 33 blueprints

of the 9.2inch howitzer stored at College Park.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/100378206

Charlie

 



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Sure, especially Cartography files. Until just a few years ago it was difficult to get oversized diagrams, plans, and maps digitized.

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CharlieC wrote:

 

I'm starting to think that the US Archives are a treasure trove of information which has barely been exploited.

For example the British 9.2inch howitzer was in service throughout WW1 and a number were built in the US. It was intended that the 9.2inch howitzer

should become the US Army standard heavy howitzer but this never happened. By chance search engine threw up a reference to a set of 33 blueprints

of the 9.2inch howitzer stored at College Park.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/100378206

Charlie

 

 

Charlie,

        The link doesn't work for me. But it just so happens that I will be at NARA early next year, and I am specifically going to hunt for tank and cannon related blueprints. I'm going to start with the boxes that Neal found before they closed for Covid and as well other files in the Tank, Tractor and Trailer Division.

I will also definitely try to find if any tank blueprints exist in the Cartography files as well.

 

 



-- Edited by ChaseR83 on Thursday 12th of December 2024 05:05:53 AM

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Seems ok for me - just tried it again.

Another reference might be in the creator series:

https://catalog.archives.gov/search?page=2&q=record.creators.naId%3A10462780

The howitzer drawings are at the end of Page 2.

Charlie

 



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It's working for me now.

      Very interesting... Record Group 393: Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands is not a place one would expect to find blueprints.

 

I can try to work them into my list and at least take pictures of them while I'm there you're interested.



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Give praise to Yandex - the search engine that behaves like Google did in the early days - pulls out weird but interesting stuff.

Certainly would be interested. The 9.2inch howitzer saw a lot of service in WW1 but has mostly been forgotten. Perhaps it's due to its

ungainly appearance - as Williford says in his book on US artillery - no one wanted to give the 9.2inch howitzer to civilian organisations as

a memorial because of its ugliness.

Charlie

 

 



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