Phoenix Shot Tower
| Phoenix Shot Tower | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| National Historic Landmark | |||
 Phoenix Shot Tower, 2006 |
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| location | Baltimore , Maryland , USA | ||
| Coordinates | 39 ° 17 '26.2 " N , 76 ° 36' 20.8" W | ||
| Built | 1828 | ||
| architect | Jacob Wolfe | ||
| Architectural style | Industrial architecture | ||
| NRHP number | 69000373 | ||
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| The NRHP added | 1st October 1969 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | November 11, 1971 | ||
The Phoenix Shot Tower (also known as the Merchants' Shot Tower and Old Baltimore Shot Tower ) is a historic red brick scrap tower in Baltimore , Maryland , USA .
design
The round tower consists of more than 1,000,000 red bricks. Its height above ground is approximately 71.3 meters (234 feet ), which corresponds to about 14 stories , its diameter is 12.2 meters at the base of the tower and tapers to 6.1 meters towards the top. The walls are 1.68 meters thick at the base and taper in steps up to 0.51 meters towards the top.
history
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The tower was erected in 1828 and was the tallest building in the United States from that point until 1846 . The production of shot averaged 1,000,000 25- pound sacks a year, or about 11,340 tons. In 1882 the interior of the tower was badly damaged by a fire, whereupon the tower was repaired at short notice and production continued until 1892. On October 1, 1969, the Phoenix Shot Tower was included in the National Register of Historic Places (German: "National Directory of Historic Places") and on November 11, 1971 declared a National Historic Landmark . The tower is the only remaining scrap tower in Baltimore and one of the few remaining in the country.
Trivia
- The Phoenix Shot Tower and the production of shotgun pellets were the inspiration for the names of the Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) and the Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) , two basketball teams .
swell
- National Register of Historic Places Entry: Shot Tower with original application (1969) and original photo (1968)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael J. Varhola, Michael H. Varhola: Ghosthunting Maryland , Clerisy Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-57860-414-2 , pp. 28ff.
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Maryland. National Park Service , accessed August 4, 2019.
- ↑ George Vecsey, Sports of The Times; Say Goodbye To 'Bullets' As Nickname , The New York Times, Nov. 12, 1995
