An old engraving of Taylor’s machine gun. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. This rapid-firing artillery weapon rotated like a Gatling gun. Cartridges were contained within ‘charging blocks’, one of which is shown on a shelf (centre). Once loaded automatically from a magazine, the block was inserted in the gun. When all cartridge rounds had been fired, the empty shell cases remained in the block could be withdrawn with it. George Taylor owned the Durham Iron Mill and Furnace located in Durham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
An old engraving of Taylor’s machine gun. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. This rapid-firing artillery weapon rotated in a similar way to a Gatling gun. Cartridges were contained within ‘charging blocks’, one of which is shown on a shelf (centre). Once loaded automatically from a magazine, the block was inserted in the gun. When all cartridge rounds had been fired, the empty shell cases remained in the block could be withdrawn with it. George Taylor was an ironmaster and Colonel in the Pennsylvania Militia. He owned the Durham Iron Mill and Furnace located in Durham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. His company was the first munitions supplier for the George Washington’s Continental Army, producing grape shot, cannon balls, bar shot, and cannons.
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Location: Durham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
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