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Charles Knap
Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
Alternate Surname: Knapp
Biography
Charles Knap was the owner of the Fort Pitt Cannon Foundry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the Civil War and known as the manufacturer of "great-guns." He was part of the party that greeted William Henry Seward in Cairo in 1871.
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Charles Knap was the owner of the Fort Pitt Cannon Foundry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the Civil War and known as the manufacturer of "great-guns." He was part of the party that greeted William Henry Seward in Cairo in 1871.
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Newspaper Article
Journal or Newspaper Title:
Scientific American
Article Title:
A Great Cannon Foundry
Month:
September
Day:
10
Year:
1864
Start Page:
165
DOI:
http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=scia;cc=scia;rgn=full%20text;idno=scia1011-11;didno=scia1011-11;view=image;seq=00169;node=scia1011-11%3A1
Citation Notes:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002030978432;view=1up;seq=545
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