Cannon Firing Off Stearns Wharf
By Nic Saubestre
I just wanted to share these photos I took Wednesday at Stearns Wharf. I was able to take a pretty neat "action" shot right at the moment that the cannon was fired for the first time in 10 years (using my camera's high speed continuous drive for non-photo nerds). I had no idea that it was still functional! Although it was my understanding that the city had a canon expert go over it in order to ensure that it was still safe enough to do so. All this was of course done to continue celebrating the 150th anniversary of the wharf.
Also is one of my personal favorite shots that I took during last year's Christmas Eve of the SB Museum of Natural History Sea Center .
Hopefully those that were unable to make it to the firing can get some enjoyment out of the photo! (minus the chest-pounding shockwave of course).
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Mar 06, 2022 02:50 AMWhat fun! Great shot of the cannon. Thanks.
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Mar 06, 2022 07:25 AMGreat photo!! Wish I’d been there to see it, but I expect the photo does even more to show the moment than eyes would. Curious about the canon itself, and expect it is related to the Presidio? Surely not 1 of the canons found on the beach, as they were too far gone to look this nice.
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Mar 06, 2022 08:12 AMCanon perdido?
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Mar 06, 2022 07:40 AMIf memory serves, they used to fire this every Friday at noon. Or something like that.
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Mar 06, 2022 12:29 PMI remember them firing it on Saturdays about 20 years ago. One day, the explosion caught us by surprise as we were padding by in an outrigger canoe and we almost flipped as we all flinched.
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Mar 06, 2022 10:29 AMThe person who fired the cannon put in a cannonball, or just gunpowder? Would be very cool to fire a real cannonball and see it splash in the water.
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Mar 07, 2022 03:17 AMThe down range area of this cannon is way too populated to fire erratic cannon balls!!! Just enough wad to hold pressure for a good boom and nothing more.
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Mar 06, 2022 10:53 AMHappy we are still allowed to do this. Glad no one is complaining about releasing carbon into the atmosphere or implements of war in public spaces.
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Mar 06, 2022 12:00 PMGood point, I m surprised this can still be done in 2022. They’ll probably melt it down before the decade is over.
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Mar 06, 2022 12:48 PMPerhaps implements of historical ceremony?
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Mar 07, 2022 07:44 AMHistory? Like the murals, statues and such that are being removed? We may not agree with past actions but it is still important history.
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Mar 07, 2022 12:22 PM7:44 - Yes, treason should be celebrated!