Shot Furnace

Built in 1843 – To heat

cannon balls to set

wooden vessels aflame

when struck

Marker can be reached from Monument Street, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

U.S. Shot Furnace

This structure is a hot shot furnace for heating cannon balls to be shot at wooden vessels and to set them on fire. It is part of the water battery built by the U.S. (1842-44) when this side of the ...

Hot Shot Furnace

This replica Hot Shot Furnace stands on the foundation of Fort Macon's original Hot Shot Furnace, built in 1836. Hot Shot Furnaces were used in forts to heat non-explosive cannonballs red hot for use against the unarmored wooden enemy warships ...