Rogers, George W. Company Shot Tower

A 117 foot tall tower built to manufacture lead shot. It is one of the few remaining shot towers in the United States and the only one west of the Mississippi River.

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Overview Looking East

There was a fire in the tower in 1911 - it was ironically being used as a fire watchtower at the time - all the interior woodwork and the top portion of the tower was destroyed. It sat unused until 1959 when it was "restored." Today, those renovations are being renovated, correctly.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning

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National Register information 

Status

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1976

Reference number

76000767

Architectural style

Other architectural type; Mid 19th C. Exotic Revival

Areas of significance

Industry; Architecture

Levels of significance

State; National

Evaluation criteria

A - Event; C - Design/Construction

Property type

Structure

Historic function

Manufacturing facility

Current function

Monument/marker

Periods of significance

1850-1874; 1875-1899; 1900-1924; 1925-1949

Significant years

1856; 1872; 1911

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Update Log 

• April 26, 2012: New photo from Steve Conro
• March 20, 2011: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected GPS Data and added Description

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - Lugnuts969 [at] gmail [dot] com
• HABS IA-30-8 - Shot Tower
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Encyclopedia Dubuque
• National Register database - Reference number 76000767 (Search for documents)

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