Shot tower
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A shot tower is a tower designed for the production of small-diameter shot balls by free fall of molten lead, which is then caught in a water basin. The shot is mainly used for projectiles in shotguns
The shot tower in Dubuque, Iowa
Lead-alloy musket ball thought from its lack of casting marks to have been made in a shot tower
Shot-tower, Browns River Road, Tasmania, 1885-90
Shot Tower, Wentworth Park, Sydney, by Ashley Cooper, c. 1920
Phoenix Shot Tower
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The Phoenix Shot Tower, also known as the Old Baltimore Shot Tower, is a red brick shot tower, 234.25 feet tall, located near the downtown, Jonestown, and Little Italy communities of East Baltimore, i
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Phoenix Shot Tower
Interior of the tower, looking down
Plaques at the Phoenix Shot Tower, formerly the Merchants Shot Tower, in Baltimore's Jonestown neighborhood