Jackson Ferry Shot Tower - Max Meadows, VA
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N 36° 52.204 W 080° 52.225
17S E 511549 N 4080466
A bronze plaque placed by the Daughters of he American Revolution is located in front of the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower in the Shot Tower Historical State Park at 116 Orphanage Drive in Max Meadows, VA.
Waymark Code: WM17C3W
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2023
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A bronze plaque set on a rubble stone base provides the history of the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower. The plaque has the emblem of the Daughters of he American Revolution and is inscribed:
This renovated gray limestone shot tower was used to manufacture lead shot. This tower provides a visible example of a nineteenth century commercial venture in southwest Virginia. Construction of the tower, believed to have been built in the early 1800s, is credited to Thomas Jackson.
In the twentieth century, the shot tower was conveyed for purposes of restoration and maintenance from the Jackson family to the Stuart Chapter, DAR, then to the Lead Mines Ruritan Club, and most recently to the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development.
In honor of this structure’s local historical significance, this tablet is placed by the Virginia District IV Regents Club of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The DAR chapters representing this Regents Club are:
Appalachian Trail, Black’s Fort, Boone Trail, Carter’s Fort, Count Pulaski, Fort Chiswell, Fort Maiden Spring, George Pearis, Lovelady, Major George Gibson, New River Pioneer, Royal Oak, Stuart and Wilderness Road Chapters.
Marker placed
December 30, 2000