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Mdhsphotographs:

Shot Tower (Phoenix Shot, Merchants’ Shot Tower, Baltimore Shot Tower)
Southeast corner of Fayette Street and Front Street, Baltimore, Maryland
1924
Unidentified photographer
4x5 inch glass negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC8232A, MC8232B

The Shot Tower was a lead shot manufacturing facility that operated from 1828 to 1892. From the National Park Service site: “Molten lead was dropped from a platform at the top of the tower through a sieve-like device and into a vat of cold water.” Once operated under the Baltimore City Life Museums, the Shot Tower is now administered by Carroll Museums, Inc. Read more about it on their site.

Location on Google Maps Street View: 

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I drove down this part of Fayette past the shot tower as part of my commute from 2005-2008 from Canton. Almost 150 years earlier, In 1858, a great-great-great-grandfather (Dominic Oriani (1822-1873) -> Louis Oriani (1858-1936) -> Frank Oriani (1899-?) -> My grandfather ? -> my mother (not sayin’)) of mine, Dominic Oriani, lived at 26 East Street, there in Baltimore, about half a block from where this photo was taken, somewhere in between.

January 22nd, 2014 9:35pm

Posted on Tumblr over 12 years ago and archived here at /tumblr/2014/01/22/mdhsphotographs-shot-tower-phoenix-shot/ in the Tumblr collection.
Proximate posts in the Tumblr collection
newer My new electronic temperature controller uses internal jumpers to control some settings. Neato. on Flickr. 24 January 2014
this post mdhsphotographs: Shot Tower (Phoenix Shot, Merchants’ Shot Tower, Baltimore Shot Tower)Southeast corner of Fayette Street and Front Street, Baltimore, Maryland1924Unidentified photographer4x5 inch glass negativeBaltimore City Life Museum CollectionMaryland Historical SocietyMC8232A, MC8232BThe Shot Tower was a lead shot manufacturing facility that operated from 1828 to 1892. From the National Park Service site: “Molten lead was dropped from a platform at the top of the tower through a sieve-like device and into a vat of cold water.” Once operated under the Baltimore City Life Museums, the Shot Tower is now administered by Carroll Museums, Inc. Read more about it on their site. Location on Google Maps Street View:  View Larger Map I drove down this part of Fayette past the shot tower as part of my commute from 2005-2008 from Canton. Almost 150 years earlier, In 1858, a great-great-great-grandfather (Dominic Oriani (1822-1873) -> Louis Oriani (1858-1936) -> Frank Oriani (1899-?) -> My grandfather ? -> my mother (not sayin’)) of mine, Dominic Oriani, lived at 26 East Street, there in Baltimore, about half a block from where this photo was taken, somewhere in between. 23 January 2014
older Post #74025083326 21 January 2014
Proximate posts in the General collection
newer My new electronic temperature controller uses internal jumpers to control some settings. Neato. on Flickr. 24 January 2014
this post mdhsphotographs: Shot Tower (Phoenix Shot, Merchants’ Shot Tower, Baltimore Shot Tower)Southeast corner of Fayette Street and Front Street, Baltimore, Maryland1924Unidentified photographer4x5 inch glass negativeBaltimore City Life Museum CollectionMaryland Historical SocietyMC8232A, MC8232BThe Shot Tower was a lead shot manufacturing facility that operated from 1828 to 1892. From the National Park Service site: “Molten lead was dropped from a platform at the top of the tower through a sieve-like device and into a vat of cold water.” Once operated under the Baltimore City Life Museums, the Shot Tower is now administered by Carroll Museums, Inc. Read more about it on their site. Location on Google Maps Street View:  View Larger Map I drove down this part of Fayette past the shot tower as part of my commute from 2005-2008 from Canton. Almost 150 years earlier, In 1858, a great-great-great-grandfather (Dominic Oriani (1822-1873) -> Louis Oriani (1858-1936) -> Frank Oriani (1899-?) -> My grandfather ? -> my mother (not sayin’)) of mine, Dominic Oriani, lived at 26 East Street, there in Baltimore, about half a block from where this photo was taken, somewhere in between. 23 January 2014
older Twitter post from January 22, 2014, 426106680498061314 22 January 2014