shot tower museum

[matt koepnick]

hello all.we stopped in at the shot tower museum on the way home. it's off the
hiway at Austinville Va. luckily we arrived close to noon on sat.turns out thats when the site opens for entrance to public. the ranger operating it was a huge
source of info. very nice and was patient with all my tech questions. tower is 75 ft tall. there were 77 steep steps to the top.whew!. turns out there is also a hole dug 75 ft down, so lead drops 150 ft total. guide says this is the sweet spot for manufacture. didnt realize how work intensive this process is. a plaque spoke of the workers adding arsenic to make lead flow better thru the sieves. was worth every penny of the 7 dollar parking fee.