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The Sparks Shot Tower is a historic shot tower located at 129-131 Carpenter Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Opened on July 4, 1808, it was one of the first shot towers in the United States , with the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower in Wythe County, Virginia possibly predating it by a year or so.
A shot tower is a tower designed for the production of small-diameter shot balls by free fall of molten lead, which is then caught in a water basin. The shot is primarily used for projectiles in shotguns , and for ballast , radiation shielding , and other applications for which small lead balls are useful.
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Like so many cafes in the coffee mecca of the great Northwest, Governor's Cup take coffee very seriously — roasting globally and greenly harvested beans on a vintage, cast-iron Probat — but ...
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