Tooley Street
Again we return to the Tooley Street area, and like most of us I was unaware that Shot Manufactory existed in Tooley Street. The tower stood adjacent to London Bridge and St Olaves Church and was used to make lead shot (see Wikipedia Shot Tower for explanation ). The only other Shot Tower I am aware of is the one that stood at Waterloo Bridge on the site of the Festival Of Britain in 1950.
After the manufacture of shot ceased the tower was used by Watsons Telegraph for an early system of sending telgraphic signals. In 1843 the area was once again consumed by fire, the tower and Church were destroyed but the Church was rebuilt and survived to the twentieth century.
The Navy Board had leased Gun and Shot Wharf in Morgan's Lane off Tooley Street - it makes one wonder if the shot was transported to the wharf to be loaded aboard ships.
1 The Shot Tower from from Boruogh High Street
2 The Shot Tower from London Bridge
3 Watsons Telegraph Tower 1843 next to St Olaves Church