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Coop's Shot Tower
Coop's Shot Tower in Melbourne Australia was built in 1888. The building is approximately 190 feet tall and was designed to produce ammunition (shot). Molten lead was dropped through a sieve at the top of the tower. The molten lead would form small round balls through surface tension which would start to solidify as they fell and would land in a water filled basin. Coop's Shot Tower avoided demolition and became the centerpiece of a large modern shopping mall (the Melbourne Central complex) in 1991. It sits below a 275 foot glass roof.
Coop's Shot Tower is 9 storeys tall. It produced shot commercially until 1961. Now, part of it is a museum.
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Coop's Shot Tower is 9 storeys tall. It produced shot commercially until 1961. Now, part of it is a museum.
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