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shot towers (metalworking plants, processing plants, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: High towers, usually round, in which shot is made by dropping molten lead from an upper story into a cistern of water. |
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shot towers (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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shot towers (Spanish,D,U,PN)
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shot tower (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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towers, shot (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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hageltorens (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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hageltoren (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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tour à plomb (C,U,French-P,AD,U,FSN)
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Schrottürme (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Schrotturm (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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torre perdigonera (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,SN)
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Additional Notes: |
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Dutch ..... Hoge torens, meestal rond, waarin hagel wordt gemaakt door gesmolten lood van een hoge verdieping in een bak water te laten druppelen. |
German ..... Hoher und in der Regel runder Turm zur Herstellung von Schrot, indem geschmolzenes Blei von seiner Spitze in einen Wasserbehälter getropft wird. |
Spanish ..... Torre alta, generalmente redonda, en la que las balas se fabrican mediante la precipitación de plomo fundido desde un piso superior a una cisterna de agua. |
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