Old Sacramento

                I was looking at the back end of the cannon for this drawing.  So with the big hole in the side of the cannon it may make it hard to get the idea.
               This link will give you some of the history of this cannon, like the Mexican connection. You may even be able to find a photo of it before the "boo-boo" on the Kaw river...
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jan/27/history-buff-wants-recreate-cannon-called-old-sacr/                        What it does not tell you is how the cannon lost a chunk.  It sat on the south bank of the Kaw river for years and was fired over the river to raise bodies lost in the water (whether from swimming, boating, or "noodling").  They would merely load it with a charge, pack some mud in the barrel, and create some good noise!  Well one time someone over-packed it and blew out the side. One of the 2 pieces was recovered in North Lawrence across the river in someone's yard. I would guess that makes the piece airborne for a distance of a few football fields maybe. It was used as a doorstop at a farm south of town until eventually donated to the museum.