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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 ...
Frances Bannerman (born Jones) (1855 – 1944) was a Canadian painter and poet. She painted in oil and watercolour and made black and white illustrations.
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.
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.
Bannerman's Castle, also known as Bannerman's Island Arsenal, Hudson River, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, built 1901–18. The structure was built as a military surplus warehouse in the style of a Romanesque castle by businessman Francis Bannerman. An explosion in 1920 destroyed a portion of the complex.
Francis Bannerman VI (1851–1918), Irish-American Businessman, built Bannerman's Castle on Pollepel Island; Helen Bannerman (1862–1946), British writer, author of Little Black Sambo; Hugh Bannerman (1887–1917), New Zealand cricketer, journalist and soldier; Ian Bannerman, Australian actor who portrayed Deadly Earnest on TEN-10 from 1966 to ...
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 ...
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.