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Shot Tower, Fayette and Front Streets

Shot Tower, Fayette and Front Streets Baltimore Maryland
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Stock #:13000
Type: Postcard
City: Baltimore
State: Maryland (MD)
County: Baltimore (city)
Postmark: 1945
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Recipient Address:Miss Eleanor Farken
Summer Street
Bristol, CT
Additional Details:
One of the few survivors of the country's shot towers, this stately monument at Fayette and Front Sts., has reached the century mark. Early records show that it was built in 1828 for the manufacture of shot and that the cornerstone was laid by Charles Carroll of Carrollton. It is 234 feet high
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