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| Portfolio- Museum & Other Exhibit Displays- SOLD San Felipe de Austin Museum State Historic Site - San Felipe, TX |
| San Felipe de Austin Site Museum I was contacted by an historian with the Texas Historical Commission. They were looking to have a Galloper Carriage built for a Verbruggen barrel they had ordered from South Bend Replicas. The new cannon was to take up residence in the new San Felipe De Austin museum near Sealy, Texas. To assist in museum activities, they wanted to be able to remove the cannon barrel and mount a wagon cart bed on the wheeled frame, thus doing double duty with the carriage. With a little ingenuity, I was able to accomplish the build. It turned out real nice. The barrel weighs 200 lbs. and is 37” long. The carriage is a little over 11’ long with 51” wheels. I also made them full scale reproduction implements; worm, sponge with sponge socks, rammer, powder charger, tampion with leather strap, vent cover, and linstock made of oak for their gun. A Galloper carriage was designed to carry a light weight cannon barrel of small caliber. It was pulled by one horse and was extremely mobile. The time frame of this design was mid- 18th century to early 19th century. |
The Texas Historical Commission hosted a festival, "Father of Texas Celebration", at the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site on Nov. 3 2018. I went to this event with my lovely assistant to view the exhibits and events such as livinging history demonstations including a Cannon Shoot on the Galloper carriage I built that I did not want to miss. Below are pictures I took and a video of the cannon shoot and crew. |
