DesertFox
01-12-2007, 11:42 AM
A metal object found at a business parking lot last week has been identified as a 140-year-old artillery shell from the Civil War era, authorities said Friday.
The live round was scheduled to be defused in a few days by the members of the Northeast Explosive Response Team, who retrieved the shell on Jan. 5 from property at Simtek Inc.
Authorities believe the shell could still contain black powder.
“It still had a fuse cap at the end of it,” said Euless fire investigator Vernon Gilmore.
More (http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/16446340.htm)
The live round was scheduled to be defused in a few days by the members of the Northeast Explosive Response Team, who retrieved the shell on Jan. 5 from property at Simtek Inc.
Authorities believe the shell could still contain black powder.
“It still had a fuse cap at the end of it,” said Euless fire investigator Vernon Gilmore.
More (http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/16446340.htm)