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Shot Tower - Spring Green, Wisconsin - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
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Shot Tower - Spring Green, Wisconsin
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Posted by:
BruceS
N 43° 09.008 W 090° 02.702
15T E 740274 N 4781726
Historic shot tower located along the Wisconsin River in Tower Hill State Park.
Waymark Code:
WM1QJC
Location:
Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted:
06/24/2007
Published By:
silverquill
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The Helena Shot Tower was constructed in 1831 by Daniel Whitney of Green Bay. Most of the tower is actually a shaft dug through the sand stone by Thomas B Shauce. The tower itself is 60-foot tall with a shaft through the sandstone bluff adding an additional 120 feet for a total height of 180 feet. The shaft is connected to a 90-foot tunnel at the bottom which leads out to the Wisconsin River. The tower used a crew of 6 men and up to 5000 lbs of lead was dropped in the tower a day. Of this, only about 600 - 800 lbs of the shot was usable shot. The rest was hauled back to the top, remelted and dropped again. The tower remained in operation until 1860 when the tower became unprofitable due to a poor economy.
The tower is now in a Wisconsin State Park. The wood part of tower was reconstructed along with the smelter house.
Street address:
SE of Spring Green in Tower Hill State Park
Spring Green, Wisconsin
County / Borough / Parish:
Iowa County
Year listed:
1973
Historic (Areas of) Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance:
1825-1849
Historic function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current function:
Education, Landscape
Privately owned?:
no
Season start / Season finish:
From: 01/01/2007 To: 12/31/2007
Primary Web Site:
[Web Link]
Hours of operation:
Not listed
Secondary Website 1:
Not listed
Secondary Website 2:
Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link:
Not listed
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Please give the date and brief account of your visit. Include any additional observations or information that you may have, particularly about the current condition of the site. Additional photos are highly encouraged, but not mandatory.
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