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By Cosmos Mariner, July 27, 2010
Shot Tower at Jackson's Ferry Marker
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1 ► Virginia, Wythe County, Austinville — Shot Tower at Jackson's Ferry —  |
| This renovated gray limestone shot tower was used to manufacture lead shot. This tower provides a visible example of a nineteenth century commercial venture in southwest Virginia. Construction of the tower, believed to have been built in the early . . . — — Map (db m155686) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Wythe County, Austinville — KD-6 — Jackson’s Ferry and Shot Tower — |
| By 1770 Capt. William Herbert had established a ferry across the nearby New River that became known as Jackson’s Ferry. Thomas Jackson erected the 75-foot shot tower in the early 1800s to manufacture shot for firearms. The Austinville mines supplied . . . — — Map (db m32514) HM | |||