Here's the cannon

[gerisullivan]

Okay, now where are the cannonballs? Geri'n'cannon at Hilton Hotel & Conference Center in Marietta, GA. Photo by hotel staffer.

Click through for the gallery with a couple more pictures including the informational sign.

Comments

[retooned.livejournal.com]

There were (& are) Civil War artillery fans who maintain & fire replica cannon like this. For type of cannon of a certain interior bore diameter, a non-traditional substitute for a period cylindrical cannon shell is a used beer can filled with concrete. It is low cost, about the right weight & diameter, and works for target practice.

You show in one of your gallery photos that the cannon is aimed at one of the 2 hotel elevators. You have the start of a plot for a regional murder mystery. I'm not sure if that would count as a 'cozy' mystery.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

The mystery would have to involve the bheer cans coming from the bheer can Tower to the Moon, or some sort of contretemps between the Tower Builders and the cannon munitions team.