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Natural Bridge in Virginia¹ was used as a shot tower during the American Revolutionary War. They simply dropped molten lead off the bridge into the water below
by chiph 13y ago
Natural Bridge in Virginia¹ was used as a shot tower during the American Revolutionary War. They simply dropped molten lead off the bridge into the water below. Someone would then collect them from the stream bed after they cooled.
¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Bridge_(Virginia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Bridge_(Virginia)
- smoyer 13y agoInteresting ... when I visited I was struck by the fact that the salt-peter mine was used at that location (why not somewhere else rather than in proximity to the arch?), but didn't realize they also made shot there.