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The Nine O’Clock Gun was cast in England in 1816. It’s a naval-type, 12-pound, muzzle-loader cannon. It was brought to Vancouver in 1894. Fishermen used the gun to set their chronometers, and it also alerted them to when the fishing day was coming to a close. The gun replaced dynamite as the alert system. The…
Historical Markers of the World 