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	Coops Shot Tower and Flanking Buildings Knox Place off Latrobe Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B0129	A well known landmark in Central Melbourne since 1870, this tower was built to house the industrial process of gravity shot making. It is rectangular in plan, of receding storeys with simple corbelling motifs in mid-storey and cranellated top. The classification includes the flanking buildings. Classified: 05/06/1958	B0129	State
	Shot Tower 94 Alexandra Parade,, CLIFTON HILL VIC 3068 - Property No B3798	A 160 metre brick tower is all that survives today of Richard Hodgson's shot tower and works at 94 Alexandra Parade. Hodgson erected the structure in 1882. Alfred Harber and Simon Hughes were the owners in 1887 and in 1896 Walter Coop purchased the premises. The tower is circular in plan and resembles a tall chimney. The walls are punctuated at regular intervals by semi-circular arched windows and decorative brick bands. There is a tiny pavillion at the top. This is a fine ... more	B3798	State

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Coops Shot Tower and Flanking Buildings

Knox Place off Latrobe Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B0129

A well known landmark in Central Melbourne since 1870, this tower was built to house the industrial process of gravity shot making. It is rectangular in plan, of receding storeys with simple corbelling motifs in mid-storey and cranellated top. The classification includes the flanking buildings. Classified: 05/06/1958

B0129

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Shot Tower

94 Alexandra Parade,, CLIFTON HILL VIC 3068 - Property No B3798

A 160 metre brick tower is all that survives today of Richard Hodgson's shot tower and works at 94 Alexandra Parade. Hodgson erected the structure in 1882. Alfred Harber and Simon Hughes were the owners in 1887 and in 1896 Walter Coop purchased the premises. The tower is circular in plan and resembles a tall chimney. The walls are punctuated at regular intervals by semi-circular arched windows and decorative brick bands. There is a tiny pavillion at the top. This is a fine ... more

B3798

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