Shot Tower - Visit
Mt Eden Shot Tower
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| Mt Eden Shot Tower | |
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| Site type: | Industrial site |
| Where: | Central Isthmus - 10 minutes from the city centre |
| How to get there: | Bus (Check Rideline) or taxi. |
| How Long to allow: | 10 minutes |
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Location: Normanby Rd, Mt Eden, City (The Colonial Ammunition Company building is preserved on the street front. The tower is behind it partly obscured by modern apartments.
What: Shot tower used to form shotgun pellets by letting molten lead fall through air.
What else to do there: Mt Eden is a short step away. Drive past the forbidding Victorian Mt Eden Prison and the Spanish Mission style Auckland Grammar School.
Web info: http://www.historic.org.nz/Register/ListingDetail.asp?RID=87
