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The Frenchman's Tower
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9.75m tall, two story tower, guarded by a small rusted fence. There is a very small opening in the back that allows access for a (small) individual.
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Type: Building
Status: Abandoned
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: not very exciting
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rust
unsafe flooring
Small open
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Odd, historically significant structure in the middle of a large city.
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head protection
long pants / sleeves
towelettes
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In 1875, a mysterious Frenchman, giving himself the name monsieur Peter Coutts, purchased a massive tract of land for a stock farm and built this two story tower.
The tower was an object of mysterious wonder to the locals. Coutts claimed the second floor held a water tank, while the first floor held a library. Strangely though, the second floor had windows (now bricked up), while the first floor had no door, the building likely connected to the outside world through one of the tunnels. Others pointed out the obvious danger of a leak destroying the entire book collection. For eight years he lived and worked on the farm. Then suddenly in 1882, as mysteriously as he arrived, Coutts vanished.
With the French government out to arrest him,
In 1882, Peter Coutts reappeared sold his massive farm to businessman and Senator Leland Stanford, and evidently returned to France.
Later, Peter Coutts was found to actually be Paulin Caperon, a bank manager. After defeat in Franco-Prussian War, France had ignited a financial panic which consumed the bank. As Gallic Law placed bank debt as the responsibility of the managers, Caperon chose to flee the responsibility. He lived at Matadero until his situation was finally sorted out by the French government, and returned home.
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Private owner has talked about increased patrols (thus far nonexistent)
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Steed on 6/19/2014 2:29 AM.
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on Jun 19 14 at 2:29, Steed validated this location
on Jun 6 14 at 22:52, Clostridium made this location available
on Jun 6 14 at 22:51, Clostridium updated gallery picture DSC_0074
on Jun 6 14 at 22:50, Clostridium added some pictures to a gallery
on Jun 6 14 at 22:46, Clostridium created a new gallery
on Jun 6 14 at 22:44, Clostridium changed the following: Notes for Mods, Type, Street Address, City, Province / State (please use full name), Country, Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy, Publically Viewable, History, Year Built, Year Closed, Status, Accessibility, Hazards, Interesting Features, Recommendation, Required Equipment, Media Coverage, Future Plans, Description, Web Links
on Jun 6 14 at 22:25, Clostridium updated the main picture
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