The old shot tower at Melbourne Central
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
A photojournal
Like me, tweet me, pin me
Followers
About Girl in Melbourne
I love Melbourne. I love taking photos. I love my life. Girl in Melbourne brings all three together in one place.
About me
My other blog...
Subscribe!
Subscribe via email
Ace things about Melbourne
- * Brunswick Street
- * Chapel Street Bazaar.
- * It has a lane named after rock band AC/DC and a swimming pool named after a Prime Minister who is believed to have drowned at sea
- * Its vibrant multiculturalism
- * Royal Botanic Gardens.
- * Shady Caroline Street in South Yarra
- * The disco balls hanging above Rankins Lane in the city
- * The domed reading room of the State Library.
- * The eucalyptus trees and old lamps beside the river near Fed Square.
- * The huge mural spanning the length of the side wall of Dimmey's discount department store in Green Street Richmond
- * The laneways, especially Degraves Street and Centre Place.
- * The old terrace houses in the inner suburbs.
- * The Royal and Block Arcades.
- * The street art (commissioned and otherwise).
- * The Victorian architecture, especially the interior of 333 Collins Street, the Olderfleet Building and the Melbourne Safe Deposit Building on Queen Street
- * The view of the city at night from the Swan Street Bridge.
- * The Windsor end of Chapel Street
- * There's always a festival or major event happening.
Great picture! What is a "shot tower?"
ReplyDeleteWow! That's a winner!
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys.
ReplyDeleteErin, the 'shot' in shot tower means shot gun pellets. They used to drop molten metal through holes at the top of the tower which formed spherical pellets as they fell and then cooled when they landed in water at the bottom.
The shot tower dates back to the 1890s and was preserved inside the Melbourne Central shopping centre when it was built in the early 1990s.
A great resource for photographers, I suspect. Really goog B&W shot. Have you shown this before? Maybe it was Blossom-Flower-Girl ...
ReplyDelete