Italy. Port of Spezia. Italian Navy. Assembly of the huge 100-ton Armstrong cannon on the battleship "Duilio". A large crane designed by an engineer from Elswick Ordnance Company, founded by William Armstrong in 1847, had to be built in order to install the cannon on October 15, 1876. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, November 22, 1876.

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