Vertigo
Shot Tower, Bristol, UK
Architect
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E. N. Underwood
& Partners - Structural Engineers
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Date Built
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1969 |
Location
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Cheese Lane and the Floating Harbour
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Description
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This
former shot tower is now part of an office
building that offers, " Grade A first
floor office space with on site parking and
a boardroom in the sky." The
Pevsner Guide explains that this tower replaced
one demolished on Redcliffe Hill, "...
where the plumber William Watts invented the
process of dropping molten lead from a
height into water to form perfectly
spherical lead shot." This
tower built in the 1960s features a top chamber
that sits above a y-shaped tower. The arms
of the shaft contain a staircase, a hoist for
lead and the dropping shaft.
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