Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Historical Significance of iron boat gun recovered from the bottom of Boston Harbor near Fiske Wharf during dredging operations in 1886 takes relic for general display at the Bostonian Society, at the Old State House, Boston, on recommendation of Governor Christian A. Herter and State Public Works Commissioner John A. Volpe. Kitty Gallo, an employee of the Waterways Division, M.D.P.W., holds cannonball. Inscription too worn to decipher.
Massachusetts. Department of Public Works · [ca. May 1954]
[Information from item housing] Guns...Artillery
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