A bomb squad from Fort Drum, N.Y., removed a Civil War-era artillery round Saturday from the county historical society.
The unexploded Hotchkiss shell filled with black powder and made to fit a 3-inch ordinance rifle, was donated to the Historical Society of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 305 N. Centre St., Pottsville, this week by the estate of Leo L. Ward.
Ward was a longtime president of the historical society who died May 17, according to David Derbes, acting president of the society.
Ward’s son, David, cleaned out Ward’s apartment on the 600 block of Mahantongo Street and donated historical items to the society, Derbes said. Among them was the antique round.
“It’s like a tin can, three inches in diameter and seven inches long. It contains powder and little shots,” Derbes said.
Markings on one end of it stated it was made in 1862.
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The unexploded Hotchkiss shell filled with black powder and made to fit a 3-inch ordinance rifle, was donated to the Historical Society of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 305 N. Centre St., Pottsville, this week by the estate of Leo L. Ward.
Ward was a longtime president of the historical society who died May 17, according to David Derbes, acting president of the society.
Ward’s son, David, cleaned out Ward’s apartment on the 600 block of Mahantongo Street and donated historical items to the society, Derbes said. Among them was the antique round.
“It’s like a tin can, three inches in diameter and seven inches long. It contains powder and little shots,” Derbes said.
Markings on one end of it stated it was made in 1862.
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