The Thirteen-Inch Mortar "Dictator"

Mortar Battery, Morris Island, S.C.

Interior of Starr Arms Factory

15-inch (i.e. 13-inch) mortar, "Dictator" in the works in front of Petersburg, Va. View from the north, September 1, 1864

Loading a trench mortar in a hillside dugout on the Serbian front

Trench mortar in its well-timbered chamber, view looking straight down

Fort Gregg, Morris Island, S.C. [Mortar battery ready to load.]

Navy Yard, Washington, D.C..

Navy Yard, Washington, D.C..

Navy Yard, Washington, D.C..

Navy Yard, Washington, D.C..

Navy Yard, Washington, D.C..

Navy Yard, Washington, D.C..

Navy Yard, Washington, D.C..

Navy Yard, Washington, D.C..

Breech Mechanism Department (Navy Yard), Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Breech Mechanism Department (Navy Yard), Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Breech Mechanism Department (Navy Yard), Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Breech Mechanism Department (Navy Yard), Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Breech Mechanism Department (Navy Yard), Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Breech Mechanism Department (Navy Yard), Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Gun Shop, Navy Yard, Washignton, D.C., U.S.A.

View of cannons and mortars.

General view of the Charlestown Navy Yard.

Navy Yard, Charlestown.