Clifton Hill Shot Tower
The Clifton Hill Shot Tower is a 78-metre cylindrical shot tower located in Clifton Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The Clifton Hill Shot Tower held the title of Australia's tallest structure from its construction until 1930.- Type: Tower
- Description: shot tower in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “The Shot Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Victoria Park railway station, Melbourne and Clifton Hill railway station.
Victoria Park railway station, Melbourne
Railway station
Photo: Thebusofdoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Victoria Park station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford in Victoria, Australia. Victoria Park railway station, Melbourne is situated 650 metres southeast of Clifton Hill Shot Tower.
Clifton Hill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Adammw, Public domain.
Clifton Hill station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines, which are part of the Melbourne rail network. Clifton Hill railway station is situated 720 metres northeast of Clifton Hill Shot Tower.
Melbourne Museum
Museum
The Melbourne Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. Located adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building, the museum was opened in 2000 as a project of the Government of Victoria, on behalf of Museums Victoria which administers the venue. Melbourne Museum is situated 2 km southwest of Clifton Hill Shot Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westgarth and Inner east.
Westgarth
Neighborhood
Photo: Batterbu, Public domain.
Westgarth is a neighbourhood within the suburb of Northcote, about 4 or 5 kilometres north-east of Melbourne's central business district in Victoria, Australia.
Inner east
Photo: Nicolás Boullosa, CC BY 2.0.
The inner east of Melbourne consists of a number of suburbs and localities within the Yarra municipality. Compared with glitzy Stonnington on the other side of the river, the inner eastern area is known among Melburnians as a working-class district, filled with pubs and old factories.
Little Italy
Neighborhood
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Little Italy in Victoria, Australia, is a Little Italy cultural precinct of the Italian community of Melbourne. It is situated along Lygon Street in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton.
Clifton Hill Shot Tower
- Categories: shot tower and building
- Location: City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.79415° or 37° 47′ 39″ southLongitude
144.9906° or 144° 59′ 26″ eastHeight
80 metres (262 feet)Open location code
4RJ66X4R+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 327876438OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q5133245
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