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Pittsburgh area construction site yields 700 pieces of ordnance (PHOTOS)
by Chris EgerOngoing construction this year in Lawrenceville near the location of the historic Allegheny Arsenal has kept Army explosive ordnance disposal teams busy.
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20 Cannonballs coughed up at Pittsburgh area construction site (VIDEOS)
by Chris EgerConstruction crews working in the Lawrenceville neighborhood Monday stumbled upon a tangible reference to the area's industrial past that needed bomb squad intervention.
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Germans evac 50,000 on Christmas due to huge 70-year old bomb
by Chris EgerThe ancient Bavarian town of Augsburg called for one of the largest post-WWII evacuations in German history on Christmas after a live 2-ton bomb was unearthed.
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European farms still yield tons of live shells and soldiers’ remains annually (VIDEO)
by Chris EgerFrance 24 reports on the annual "Iron harvest" which produces an average of 50 tons of aging WWI artillery shells-- some filled with poison gas-- and unmapped graves in Northern France.
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The trick to disarming 170 Civil War artillery shells in the field (VIDEO)
by Chris EgerEngineers and technicians have spent the last two months turning live artillery shells, recovered from the mud of Savannah harbor, into inert museum pieces.
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