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title: "mdhsphotographs:\n\nShot 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.\nLocation on Google Maps Street View: \nView Larger Map\n\nI 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."
date: 2014-01-23 05:35:18 +00
tags: tumblr
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[mdhsphotographs](http://mdhsphotographs.tumblr.com/post/74192768480/shot-tower-phoenix-shot-merchants-shot-tower):

> _**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](http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/baltimore/b29.htm "National Park Service: Baltimore Shot Tower"): “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](http://www.carrollmuseums.org/history/towerhistory.html "Shot Tower - Carroll Museums, Inc.") on their site.
> 
> Location on Google Maps Street View: 
> 
>   
> [View Larger Map](https://maps.google.com/maps?q=fayette+street+and+front+street+baltimore+md&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=E+Fayette+St+%26+N+Front+St,+Baltimore,+Maryland&gl=us&ll=39.290911,-76.60573&spn=0.013651,0.026007&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=39.290911,-76.60573&panoid=ZUnujAX4kHpdeVvFCXgppg&cbp=12,136.86,,0,-26.29&source=embed)

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