Tag: rifles

  • Shot Towers

    Shot Towers

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    Is it some sort of munitions testing facility? Why build it in downtown Baltimore? There’s a reason for everything, and then I found out there were lots of them, and some are still around, almost 200 years and several technological revolutions later.

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Past Article

Alan Upton
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Cocktails and afterwork cocktail parties are a routine for many in the world of big business. This is a great tale of a meeting that turned into a big-dollar sale for a postcard collector who made a lifelong friend. He still drinks Scotch & Soda, but many fewer since he is now retired and lives in Texas.

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