1 50 1 https://omeka.lib.auburn.edu/files/original/c34f12d99101286848088d621a004b0d.JPG 79cad53b0f4312d18e93537dd869b0b5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "The Lathe" at Auburn University Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&amp;guid=90f49afa-7763-480e-9fc6-f26c566d440c" target="_blank">Waymarking: The Lathe</a> https://omeka.lib.auburn.edu/files/original/08862283f2e9cc43cd15bdac573be808.jpg f9386fb80af3f728d87d096dd5f62472 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 7-Inch Brooke rifle mounted on the <em>CSS Texas</em> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h76000/h76389.jpg" target="_blank">U.S. Navy "Plan of mounting for a Brooke single-banded rifle, intended for CSS Texas, 1864"</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alabama Places and Spaces Subject The topic of the resource Alabama Cultural Resource Survey Description An account of the resource Alabama Cultural Resource Survey Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alabama Cultural Resource Survey Auburn University Keith S. Hebert Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Auburn University University of North Alabama Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lathe Subject The topic of the resource Lee County, AL; Civil War; The Lathe; Selma, AL; Sherman, General William Tecumseh; Union Army; Columbus, GA; Irondale, AL; Ironclads; Atlanta, GA; Alabama Polytechnic Institute; Auburn University; Samford Hall; Auburn, AL Description An account of the resource In the early years of the Civil War, the Lathe was constructed in Selma, Alabama to bore out 7-inch Brooke rifles that were the mainstay of Confederate ironclads and coastal fortifications stretched across the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. As Major General William T. Sherman's Union army marched towards Atlanta in the summer of 1864, Confederate officials decided to move the Lathe to the other major Confederate industrial center of Columbus, Georgia to avert its capture. On the way, it was buried in Irondale, Alabama as Sherman's forces bore down on Atlanta and eventually unearthed as Union forces moved further east. It spent the rest of its usable life in Columbus where it continued to bore cannon until the Confederacy's collapse in the spring of 1865. After the war, it was purchased and used by the Birmingham Rolling Mills - later part of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company - before it was presented to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (later Auburn University) in 1936 where it has stood next to Samford Hall ever since. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joshua Shiver Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Alabama Cultural Resource Survey Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014-12-4 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Joshua Shiver Relation A related resource <a href="http://www.theplainsman.com/view/full_story/23232719/article-Legend-of-the-lathe" target="_blank">Auburn Plainsman: The Legend of the Lathe</a><br /><a href="http://www.lat34north.com/historicmarkersal/MarkerDetail.cfm?KeyID=41-014&amp;MarkerTitle=The%20Lathe" target="_blank">Historic Markers Across America: the Lathe</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG and Text Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image and Text Brooke Rifles Cannon Columbus Irondale Lathe Samford Hall Selma