Thanks Ralph, you caused me to spend most of one morning looking a pictures of shot towers. Ruth At 10:22 AM -0500 2/16/04, [log in to unmask] wrote: For a somewhat repetitive history and description of shot towers and their operation, see <http://www.traphof.org/shot_towers/shot_towers_page_1.htm>http://www.traphof.org/shot_towers/shot_towers_page_1.htm There are several pages worth of stuff on various shot towers under "shot tower" in Google. -- Ruth Barton [log in to unmask] Dummerston, VT -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>