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Coop's Shot Tower was a bullet making facility built in 1889. Information panels in the museum tells the story of shot making (ammunition) as well as the history of the tower itself from its beginnings in 1889, when it was built, to today. It is now heritage listed because not only is it an excellent example of the industrial age, but it is.
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The amazing 9-story high Coop's Shot Tower - located in the heart of the Melbourne CBD, Australia. It was completed in 1888 and is 50 meters (160 feet) high..
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Coop's Shot Tower is 9 storeys high, and has 327 steps to the top. The tower produced six tonnes of shot weekly up until 1961, when the demand for the lead shot dwindled, because of new firearm regulations. The tower was operated by the Coops family, who also managed Clifton Hill Shot Tower. It was the tallest building in Melbourne's CBD until.
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What Is Coop's Shot Tower Famous For? The Shot Tower Museum on the first floor offers a glimpse into the city's manufacturing past, showcasing the old-fashioned methods used to make shots, from weights to nails and solder. Visitors can take the 300-odd stairs to the top of the tower for a panoramic view of the CBD.
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Coop's Shot Tower is a reminder of Melbourne in the 19th Century, where residential, commercial and industrial all existed together in a mosh pit of noise, fumes and living. Here, at this totally over photographed building, shots were made - small balls of lead used in projectiles in shotguns, and also for ballast, radiation shielding and.
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Look for the Coops Shot Tower inside Melbourne Central! It's not hard to spend a whole day (and a whole lot of money) here. The tower was built in 1888 and this huge center would be built around it, opening in 1991. It's a skyscraper a century in the making! The Coops Shot Tower is featured on the Marvelous Melbourne Extravaganza Scavenger Hunt.
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During its heyday, Coop's tower could produce around six tons of shot a week. Luckily, the need for so much fire power dwindled over the years and the site diversified into other metal works.
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Coops Shot Tower. Completed in 1888, Coop's Shot Tower is 9 story's high. The tower produced six tones of shot weekly up until 1961. It was the tallest building in Melbourne's CBD until the mid-1940s. On a shot-making day, the shot maker would load the pig iron (in the form of lead bars) into a bucket on the second floor.
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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 high. The historic building was saved from demolition in 1973 and was incorporated into Melbourne Central complex in 1991 underneath an 84 m-high conical glass roof. Coop's Shot Tower is 9 storeys high, and has 327 steps to the top.
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Coops Shot Tower is one of Melbourne's most photographed buildings, and for good reason. This is a heritage-listed building that is preserved inside the large cone of the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre. Its rich history dates back to the late 19th century, and up to the mid-1940's when the building gained popularity for been the tallest.
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Coop's Shot Tower, encased by the Melbourne Central cone. The 50-meters tower was completed in 1888. The historic building was saved from demolition in 1973 and was incorporated into Melbourne Central complex in 1991 underneath an 84 m-high conical glass roof. Photo credit. Photo credit
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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 1888 and is 50 metres high. The historic.
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Coop's Shot Tower sits in the heart of the Melbourne CBD. The Shot Tower has a history dating from its completion in 1888, to its closure in 1961, then saved from demolition in 1973. In 1991 a new plan decided to incorporate the shot tower in the Melbourne Central complex as a special feature underneath an 84 m-high glazed steel and glass cone .
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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 high. The historic building was saved from demolition in 1973 and was incorporated into Melbourne Central complex in 1991 underneath an 84 m-high conical glass roof. Completed: 21 June 1889 (134 years ago) Height.
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Thanks to the shopping centre built around it during the 1980s, the Coop's Shot Tower is the best preserved. Inside the second floor of the tower, Melbourne Central's Shot Tower Museum has the low-down on the history of shot manufacture. How Shot is Made, prints published in the Illustrated Australian news, 1891.