• The Phoenix Shot Tower, also known as the Old Baltimore Shot Tower, is a red brick shot tower, 234.25 feet (71.40 m) tall, located near the downtown...
  • Baltimore’s Phoenix Shot Tower, also known as “the Old Baltimore Shot Tower,” was the tallest structure in the United States when it was built in 1828.
  • According to the Carroll Museum that preserves the tower and offers tours, the Phoenix Shot Tower is comprised of approximately 1.1 million bricks.
  • First built in 1828, the Phoenix Shot Tower in Baltimore is a historic structure that was once used to mold 'drop shots' (shotgun pellets)...
  • We walked to the Shot tower because we could see it from everywhere. Well, heck! ... Was there ever a restaurant in the phoenix shot tower in Baltimore md?
  • The design of the 215-foot tall Phoenix Shot Tower and its estimated 1.1 million bricks is based on Englishman William Watt’s 1782 patented process of making...
  • The tower was originally known as the "Phoenix Shot Tower", then the "Merchants' Shot Tower", and now is also sometimes called the "Old Baltimore Shot Tower".
  • This past Saturday, my husband and I were able to visit the Phoenix Shot Tower, also known as the Old Baltimore Shot Tower, which is a red brick shot tower...
  • Built in 1828, the Phoenix Shot Tower was the tallest building in the United States until 1846. It is 215 feet tall and contains an estimated 1.1 million bricks.
  • Phoenix Shot Tower. 801 E. Fayette St. Baltimore, MD 21202. ... From 1828 to 1892, molten lead was dropped 215 feet to make shot for guns. Share this Page.
  • In 1921, the Union Oil Company purchased the Phoenix Shot Tower for $14,500 with plans to demolish it and build a gas station in its place.
  • Totally unique and quite wonderful. Review of Phoenix Shot Tower. ... Date of experience: October 2016. Ask Wanderlust777 about Phoenix Shot Tower.