A shot tower is a tower designed for the production of small-diameter shot balls by free fall of molten lead, which is then caught in a water basin. The...
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A shot tower is used for the production of lead shot. Places named Shot Tower include: Shot Tower (Dubuque), United States Shot Tower, Lambeth, England...
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Coop's Shot Tower is a shot tower located in the heart of the Melbourne CBD, Australia. It was completed in 1889 and is 50 metres (160 ft) high. The historic...
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The Phoenix Shot Tower, also known as the Old Baltimore Shot Tower, is a red brick shot tower, 234.25 feet (71.40 m) tall, located near the downtown,...
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The Shot Tower located in Dubuque, Iowa, is one of the last remaining shot towers in the United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic...
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The Sparks Shot Tower is a historic shot tower located at 129-131 Carpenter Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Opened on July 4, 1808, it was one of...
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Shot Tower (sometimes referred to as the Taroona Shot Tower) is a historic sandstone shot tower situated in Taroona, Tasmania, Australia. The tower held...
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Hill Shot Tower is a 78-metre (256 ft) cylindrical shot tower located in Clifton Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The Clifton Hill Shot Tower held...
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The Shot Tower at the Lambeth Lead Works was a shot tower that stood on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, England, between Waterloo Bridge...
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using a shot tower. The Bliemeister method has supplanted the shot tower method since the early 1960s. Producing lead shot from a shot tower was pioneered...
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87833°W / 53.19417; -2.87833 Chester Shot Tower, also known as Boughton Shot Tower, is a grade-II*-listed shot tower located at SJ413667 in the Boughton...
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The Colonial Ammunition Company Shot Tower, also known as the Mount Eden shot tower was an early 20th century shot tower located in Mount Eden, Auckland...
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Bristol shot tower may refer to a number of shot towers in the English city of Bristol: The Redcliffe Shot Tower, the first shot tower ever built (in 1782)...
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Schrotkugelturm (Lead shot tower) is the landmark of the Berlin neighbourhood Victoriastadt. The name derives from the former use as shot tower. In 1939 the production...
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Shot Tower station (formerly Shot Tower/Market Place station) is an underground Metro SubwayLink station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in the central...
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The Jackson Ferry Shot Tower is a 75-foot (23 m) tall tower used for manufacturing lead shot located in Wythe County, Virginia and now adjacent to the...
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Shot Tower was a historic shot tower in the English city of Bristol. It was the progenitor of many similar towers built around the world. The tower stood...
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Lane Shot Tower is a grade II listed shot tower in the English city of Bristol. It was built in 1969, and was a replacement for an earlier shot tower, the...
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underground Melbourne Central railway station and the heritage-listed Coop's Shot Tower. The site of the present-day complex was earmarked for development in...
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members of the public, both within the Main Building tower and from the tower's observation deck. He shot and killed 15 people, including an unborn child,...
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The Brussels Shot Tower (French: Tour à plomb de Bruxelles; Dutch: Loodtoren van Brussel) is a former shot tower in the Senne/Zenne or Dansaert Quarter...
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lightning rod tower For industrial production: shot tower For surveying: Survey tower To drop objects: Drop tube (drop tower), bomb tower, diving platform...
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Colonial Ammunition Company (redirect from Mount Eden Shot Tower)
requirements had dropped off. The tower was the only 20th-century shot tower in Australasia, and the only remaining shot tower in New Zealand. The CAC vacated...
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The Drochtersen Shot Tower is a 42-metre-high (138 ft) shot tower at Drochtersen, Lower Saxony, Germany. The Drochtersen Shot Tower is property of the...
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Joseph Moir (section Shot Tower)
builder, ironmonger, citizen and shot manufacturer in 19th century Tasmania. He is best known for building the Taroona Shot Tower, but also built St Mark's Anglican...
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Shot Tower Historical State Park is a state park located near the town of Austinville, Virginia. Its centerpiece is the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower, located...
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1250-1800. Yale University Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-300-06465-0. "Tallest shot tower". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2023-06-19. Hoffman, Barbara T. (2006)...
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Big Shot (Formerly known as Space Shot) is a pneumatically powered tower ride. It was the world's highest amusement ride in terms of overall elevation...
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business ventures that the state became known for, such as the first lead shot tower and the first saw mill on the Wisconsin River. He was the private founder...
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Tower Hill State Park is a state park of Wisconsin, United States, which contains the reconstructed Helena Shot Tower. The original shot tower was completed...
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