Driving in the city before it became Swanston st Walk from Carlton brewery starting at Victoria st going past the building were Melbourne central is now you can see the 9 storey Coops shot tower 3 years before it was encased by the Melbourne Central cone and then we drive up to Collins st.
See part 2 for driving down Swanston st from Collins st to Flinders St.


The Coops (Melbourne Central) Shot Tower is located in the heart of the Melbourne CBD. It was completed in 1890 and is 50 metres high. The historic building was saved from demolition in 1973 and was incorporated into the massive Melbourne Central complex in 1991 underneath an 84m high conical glass roof.

Coop's Shot Tower is 9 storeys high, and has 327 steps to the top. The tower produced six tonnes of lead weekly up until 1961, when the demand for the lead shot dwindled, due to new firearm regulations.[citation needed]

Recently, a museum called the Shot Tower Museum has been set up inside of the tower at the back of R.M. Williams, which is tenanted in the tower.