Last time on “City Full of History”, we paid a visit to Frederick Catherwood’s Panorama! Come along now as we climb George Youle’s Shot Tower and dive into the unique process for manufacturing lead shot in Old New York!
If you head to the block between 53rd and 54th Streets overlooking the East River, you’ll find a charming little sliver of a park. Behind it stands two high-rise apartment complexes, but if you were here in 1823 you would be looking at one of the most interesting manufacturing centers in New York City: the shot tower belonging to George Youle.
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