Coop's Shot Tower, encased by the Melbourne Central Cone in the CBD
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 building was saved from demolition in 1973 and was incorporated into Melbourne Central complex in 1991 underneath an 84 m-high conical glass roof. The tower is 9 storey's 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 tower was operated by the Coops family who Recently a museum called the Shot Tower Museum has been set up inside of the tower at the back of Williams, a tenant in the tower.
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Location: Coop's Shot Tower 211 La Trobe Street, Melbourne Australia
Photo credit: © Go Australia - Neil Sutherland / Alamy / Afripics
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