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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 91973, member: 54&quot;]Way to go AF, 100% correct, tongs and carrier for red-hot shot, used at sea coast-defense forts.&nbsp; The forts each had one special&nbsp; furnace with sloping tracks inside to guide the cannonballs gradually downward as they were heated to red-hot.&nbsp; One such shot lodging in the side of a wooden ship would start a fire that was almost impossible to extinguish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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