The Shot Tower, constructed between 1831-1833 is located at Tower Hill State Park. Used for the production of lead bullets or shot, the Tower consists of a wood frame "melting house" which rises from a ledge about a third of the way down the side of a steep bluff. The tower covers a 120 foot vertical shaft dug through the ledge to the base of the bluff. At the base of the cliff lies a horizontal tunnel 90 feet in length, leading to the base of the shaft. The tunnel and shaft were hand dug, the principal tools being the lead-miner's pick and gad. Both the tunnel and shaft are approximately six feet in diameter. At the bottom of the shaft is a round basin of water about three feet deep. Carefully measured balls of molten lead were dropped down the shaft and plunged into water to create rounded lead shot.

The old shot tower is a rare surviving piece of Wisconsin pioneer technology. It is reflects the importance of this lead-rich region to the Wisconsin settlement and played an important role in the state's early commerce by supplying lead shot that was moved along a trade route from the lead region to Green Bay and Milwaukee.

The Shot Tower is open to the public during Tower Hill State Park operating hours.