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TOWER, AT JACKSON'S FERRY,
NEAR WYTHEVILLE, VA.
IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
E-4500
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THE OLD SHOT TOWER, one of Virginia's
oldest landmarks, was built about 1820 by
Thomas Jackson for the manufacture of shot.
It is 20 feet square, 75 feet high, with walls
214 feet thick, and in shape resembles a fort-
ress. It is said that both Daniel Boone and
Thomas Jefferson often visited there and that
ammunition from the tower was used in the
War of 1812. Here on New River, before the
Revolution, a ferry was established, later called
Jackson's Ferry, that was in operation until
1980.
