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Taroona Shot Tower is a building in the Tasmanian town of Taroona, Australia. Built in 1870, a Shot tower was a building used to make shot balls or projectiles for firearms. The tower would be designed so that there would be a large basin of water at the bottom of the tower. Lead would be melted and carried up to the top of the tower via a stairway built circling around the tower. At the top of the tower the molten lead would be poured into a copper sieve at the top of the tower, causing the molten lead to 'rain' into the water at the bottom. At the droplets of lead hit the water they would freeze and become solid, this formed small and perfectly spherical shot balls that could be used as ammunition.

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  • Taroona Shot Tower is a building in the Tasmanian town of Taroona, Australia. Built in 1870, a Shot tower was a building used to make shot balls or projectiles for firearms. The tower would be designed so that there would be a large basin of water at the bottom of the tower. Lead would be melted and carried up to the top of the tower via a stairway built circling around the tower. At the top of the tower the molten lead would be poured into a copper sieve at the top of the tower, causing the molten lead to 'rain' into the water at the bottom. At the droplets of lead hit the water they would freeze and become solid, this formed small and perfectly spherical shot balls that could be used as ammunition.
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  • Taroona Shot Tower is a building in the Tasmanian town of Taroona, Australia. Built in 1870, a Shot tower was a building used to make shot balls or projectiles for firearms. The tower would be designed so that there would be a large basin of water at the bottom of the tower. Lead would be melted and carried up to the top of the tower via a stairway built circling around the tower. At the top of the tower the molten lead would be poured into a copper sieve at the top of the tower, causing the molten lead to 'rain' into the water at the bottom. At the droplets of lead hit the water they would freeze and become solid, this formed small and perfectly spherical shot balls that could be used as ammunition. The Taroona Shot tower was the first shot tower built in Australia. At the time it was built it was the tallest building in Australia (It is 53 metres tall, and has 300 stairs leading up to the top of the tower). It was the tallest building in Tasmania until recently when it was surpassed by the 63 metre tall ABC Tower in Hobart. The factory at the foot of the tower housed the furnace and has three floors. Taroona Shot Tower was made to close in 1901, since it is one of three remaining shot towers in Australia, it has been declared a protected site and the factory is now a museum. Taroona Shot Tower is also Haunted
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