Sebastopol Cannon
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Sebastopol Cannon by Richard Croft as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 7 Jan 2009
Russian 1,000 pound cannon captured at Sebastopol in 1855 and brought to the town in 1858. After a year of wrangling about where it should be placed, a grand ceremony and celebrations saw it named 'The Earl of Aberdeen' after the then Prime Minister and it has remained here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1111399 ever since.
Image Location
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