Front:
TOWER HILL STATE PARK
THE OLD
SHOT TOWER
AT THIS POINT STOOD THE SMELTER.
THE LEAD FROM DODGEVILLE AND OTHER
POINTS SOUTH WAS SMELTED HERE. THE MOLTEN
METAL WAS DROPPED THROUGH 200 FEET OF
VERTICAL SHAFT BECOMING PERFECTLY SPHER-
ICAL IN FORM. THEN SUDDENLY CHILLED IN
THE WELL AT THE BOTTOM. THE DRILLING
THROUGH THE ROCK TOOK 187 DAYS AND
WAS ALL DONE BY HAND.
-MILLSTATE RARK
HOT SHAFT
068
STATE PRRK
TOWER HLL
THE OLO SHOT TOWER
Back:
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