Long Tom

Long Tom may refer to:

  • the Long Tom River in Oregon
  • Long Tom Pass, a mountain pass in Mpumalanga, South Africa
  • Long Tom (rocket), an Australian sounding rocket
  • Long Tom, a chimney pot approximately 4 to 6 feet tall (1.2 to 1.8 m)
  • Long Tom is a generic name for some early cannon and field guns, including specifically:
    • 155 mm Long Tom, a U.S. World War II era field gun
    • 155 mm Creusot Long Tom, a Boer War field gun
    • 64 pounder Long Tom, a U.S. Civil War cannon
  • Major Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts, one of Doc Savage's five aides

Famous quotes containing the words long and/or tom:

    “Frequently also some fair-weather finery ripped off a vessel by a storm near the coast was nailed up against an outhouse. I saw fastened to a shed near the lighthouse a long new sign with the words “ANGLO SAXON” on it in large gilt letters, as if it were a useless part which the ship could afford to lose, or which the sailors had discharged at the same time with the pilot. But it interested somewhat as if it had been a part of the Argo, clipped off in passing through the Symplegades.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Come dame or maid, be not afraid,
    Poor Tom will injure nothing.”
    —Unknown. Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song (l. 11–12)