The Cheese Lane Shot tower. Shot towers were used to produce shot ball. From the very top of the tower molten lead would be poured through a sieve. While free falling through the empty tower, the lead would cool and form into perfectly round balls. These would land in a basin of water to be cooled further

Photograph taken by Tim Lewis on 13 July 2019 and was added to the database on Sunday the 21st of July, 2019

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