Main entry:

Johnston, A. J. B. (Andrew John Bayly)

Title & Author:

Defending Halifax : ordnance, 1825-1906 / A.J.B. Johnston.

Publication:

Ottawa : National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada, 1981.

Description:

155 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Series:

History and archaeology, 0225-0101 ; 46

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-147).
The guns of Halifax (1825-1906) -- 1825-60: smooth bores -- 1861-85: Armstrongs and RMLs -- 1886-1906: BLs and QFs -- Citadel : smooth-bore ordnance -- The early proposals -- The 1846 proposal -- Arming the citadel -- The citadel (1855-56) -- Subsequent armament suggestions for the citadel -- Armament: mounted and reserve (1855-56) -- Maintenance of mounted ordnance -- Equipment for Citadel ordnance -- Citadel: Rifled ordnance -- 1863-73, Partial rearmament -- 1873-1900, the final armament -- Mounted ordnance in the rifled era, 1873 and 1880s.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0660108429 (pbk.)
9780660108421 (pbk.)

Subject:

Artillery, Coast Nova Scotia Halifax History 19th century.
Artillery, Coast Nova Scotia Halifax History 20th century.
Fortification Nova Scotia Halifax.
Artillerie côtière Nouvelle-Écosse Halifax Histoire 19e siècle.
Artillerie côtière Nouvelle-Écosse Halifax Histoire 20e siècle.
Artillery, Coast.
Fortification.
Nova Scotia Halifax.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

History and archaeology ; 46.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 2764
Call No.: ID:87-B11619
Status: Available