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Bannerman Castle by Barbara Gottlock and Thom Johnson was released through Arcadia Press in August 2006. [25] The book contains almost 200 vintage photographs, and the authors' text documents the island's growth and decline. Proceeds from the book go to the Bannerman Castle Trust in its ongoing efforts to preserve and improve the island's ...
Spencer 1882 is a pump-action shotgun designed by Christopher Miner Spencer and Sylvester Howard Roper, which was produced by the former's Spencer Arms Company from 1882 to 1889 or 1892, and subsequently by Francis Bannerman & Sons from 1890 to 1907.
These included Navy guns Marks 2 through 6, of 30, 40, 45, and 50 calibers length. All of the Bannerman guns were 30 calibers long; the number of guns of other lengths is unclear. Sources state that all Navy guns were cut down to 30 calibers barrel length in an attempt to standardize ballistics, as that was the length of the shortest Navy guns.
In the 1870s, Francis Bannerman VI operated "Bannerman's surplus". [4] His surplus company was one of the largest ever to operate. He built Bannerman's Castle , a massive storage facility on Pollepel Island in the Hudson River , to store his goods.
1777 map detail showing the cheval-de-frise between Fort Lee and Fort Washington. In 1776 the Continental Army constructed an array of logs sunk underwater between Fort Washington on the island of Manhattan and Fort Lee across the river in New Jersey.
The present chronology is a compilation that includes diverse and relatively uneven documents about different families of bladed weapons: swords, dress-swords, sabers, rapiers, foils, machetes, daggers, knives, arrowheads, etc..., with the sword references being the most numerous but not the unique included among the other listed references of the rest of bladed weapons.
After Winchester Model 1893 had achieved market success, the Winchester company and John Browning were sued by Francis Bannerman over the Model 1893. Bannerman, who owned the rights to Spencer 1882 and had bought out the original Spencer Arms Company, saw the Winchester's shotgun as infringement of patent rights, believing Spencer design to be ...
This Curtana sword may have been the same one as the so-called "Tristram's sword", kept as part of the regalia according to earlier Angevin dynasty records. [ 26 ] [ f ] An inventory for two swords, "namely Tristan's sword ( scilicet ensem Tristrami )" and one other, is recorded in the patent roll for the year 1207, where King John issued a ...