Really Old Canon in Concord Front Yard
Categories: Focus on Concord
Written By: Mayor Concord California
In my travels today, I drove by a house in Concord, I had completely forgotten about. On a side street in Holbrook Heights, there is a house that has some very interesting lawn decorations. Some people like to have lawn art like flamingos or even gnomes but this home owner takes it to a new level.
In this lawn is an old rusty military canon. He also has some other artillery type decorations in the yard but I didn’t get a picture of them. I remember as a kid when I lived in the neighborhood walking by this house and wondering how they came in to possession of these artifacts from history. The yard is a bit overgrown but the canon is still very prominent in the yard. Anyone know the story behind this guy and his cannons?
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March 12th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Thats a big canon. I wonder if the city ever had an issue with it?
March 12th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
old news this was already covered a long time ago
March 12th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I’m sure it would have been. Googleing the keywords came up with NADA. The canon has been in the yard for like 20 years, I figured its been talked about before, just want to give it life. But thank you for the comment.
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March 14th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
What street is it on? I would love to see it closer to try and find out a little about it. Anybody know the address/street/ intersection?
March 15th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
NWG in WC. Its on Roskelly Dr. Here’s a link with Google Maps .
http://tinyurl.com/concord-canon
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March 20th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I went by and talked to him probably 15 years ago. If I remember right its from a submarine. He also had a big ass pice of field artillery in his carport that he was going to restore. The last time I saw it a year or more ago the same 1′ x 1′ sanded area he started 15 years ago was no bigger.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 am
Wow. That sort of puts a whole new spin on the cranky neighbor who won’t give the ball back if it goes in to his yard!
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