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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.
 
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.
 
   
 
   
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'''What:'''
 
'''What:'''
 
   
 
   
 
Shot tower used to form shotgun pellets by letting molten lead fall through air.
 
Shot tower used to form shotgun pellets by letting molten lead fall through air.
 
   
 
   
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'''What else to do there:'''
 
'''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.
 
Mt Eden is a short step away. Drive past the forbidding Victorian Mt Eden Prison and the Spanish Mission style Auckland Grammar School.
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'''Web info:'''
 
'''Web info:'''

Revision as of 16:58, 22 April 2011

Mt Eden Shot Tower

SITE TO VISIT
Mt Eden Shot Tower
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Ethnicity:
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
Disclaimer

<googlemap lat="-36.868154" lon="174.76333" zoom="17"> -36.868695, 174.76348, Shot Tower </googlemap>

The tower.


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

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