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Revision as of 16:57, 30 June 2010
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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<googlemap lat="-36.868154" lon="174.76333" zoom="17"> -36.868695, 174.76348, Shot Tower </googlemap>
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/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=87
http://www.ipenz.org.nz/heritage/itemdetail.cfm?itemid=2228
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/whatson/places/walkways/mteden/industrial.asp
