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  • 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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Mary Hampton

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If you are interested in travels to the extremes, this is a story to whet your appetite. Lands End, in Cornwall, is the westernmost point of travel in England. Warm summer days are delightful but bring a sweater, the winds have an ocean to cross before they cool the English countryside. The southernmost point in England is also in Cornwall.

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