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The Shot Tower - TAS

Shot tower building

The out door eating area

The shot tower

Shot tower buildings

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -42.95797 147.33746

DMS: 42º 57' 28.69" S 147º 20' 14.87" E

UTM: 55 G 5243797mN 527525mE

Altitude: 98.85m

Address & Contact

Stop 32
Channel Hwy opp. Shot Tower
Taroona TAS 7053

Phone: (03) 6227 8885

Email: N/A

Web: https://taroona.tas.au/history/shot-tower

Information

Joseph Moir's Shot Tower is situated on the Channel Highway at Taroona, in Hobart's riverside southern suburbs. The 58 metre tall tower provides excellent views of the Derwent and Hobart's southern suburbs for anyone prepared to pay a small fee and climb the 318 wooden steps to get there. While climbing spare a thought for the workers who had to make the climb several times a day laden with hot lead to drop through a screen to so that spheres of lead shot would form during the fall into vats of water.

The shot tower was completed in 1870 and was Australia's tallest building for four years and Tasmania's for 100 years until overtaken by the 67 metre tower at the summit of Mount Wellington.

The Shot Tower also contains a gift shop, a coffee shop and toilets.

PlaceID	158439

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Hobart at 01/11:30pm EST

Distance from The Shot Tower 7.63km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
6.3°C	3.0°C	77%	2.6°C	1031.2hPa	0.0mm	WNW	9km/hr 5knots	15km/hr 8knots

Closest Climatic Station

Hobart (Ellerslie Road)

Distance from The Shot Tower 7.63km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.7	21.7	20.1	17.3	14.4	12.0	11.7	13.1	15.1	17.0	18.7	20.3
Mean Min. °C	11.9	12.0	10.9	9.0	7.0	5.2	4.6	5.2	6.4	7.8	9.3	10.8
Mean Rain mm	47.3	40.1	45.0	51.2	46.3	54.1	51.8	53.6	53.5	61.4	54.1	56.4