Phoenix Shot Tower - View this location on map One of a very few shot towers left in the United States, shot was manufactured by dropping molten lead from this 14-story tower through a sieve-like device into a vat of cold water. 100,000 bags of shot were produced yearly in this way. It was the tallest structure in the United States until 1846, when Trinity Episcopal Church was erected in the City of New York. Southeast corner of Fayette and Front Streets, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland Historical

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