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Model of a four-legged gin

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Defensive artillery was extremely heavy as a rule and therefore not very mobile. However, heavy artillery could be moved and placed on a mount, such as a gun carriage, using a gin – a kind of hoist. There was also a more mobile version of this hoist, the field gin (on display nearby).

c. 1750 - c. 1800

Iron (metal)

46.0 x 25.0 cm

NG-C-1995-63

Image and text courtesy of Rijksmuseum, 2019

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