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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 shot is primarily used for projectiles in shotguns, and for ballast, radiation shielding, and other applications for which small lead balls are useful.

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Shot tower

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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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Shot Tower

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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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Phoenix Shot Tower

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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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Clifton Hill Shot Tower

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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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Shot Tower station

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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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Jackson Ferry Shot Tower

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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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Bristol shot tower

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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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Chester Shot Tower

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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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Brussels Shot Tower

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The Brussels Shot Tower is a shot tower located in Brussels, Belgium. It was built in 1898 at the site of a former gunpowder factory that dated back to...

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Cheese Lane Shot Tower

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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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Melbourne Central Shopping Centre

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features a large glass cone, which houses the heritage-listed Coop's Shot Tower. The Melbourne Central shopping and office development was constructed...

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Sparks Shot Tower

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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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Tower

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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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Shot Tower Historical State Park

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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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List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

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Alexandria and Egypt: 300 BC – AD 700. Yale University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0300170948. "Tallest shot tower". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2023-06-19....

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Drochtersen Shot Tower

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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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Redcliffe Shot Tower

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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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University of Texas tower shooting

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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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Tower Hill State Park

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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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Colonial Ammunition Company

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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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Joseph Moir

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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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Ballycorus Leadmines

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site itself is now a solvent factory. The 1857 shot tower is also extant. However, the 1829 shot tower admired by Joyce no longer survives. The former...

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List of tallest buildings and structures

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this criterion, such as the CN Tower, are defined as "towers". There are dozens of radio and television broadcasting towers which measure over 600 metres...

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