Historical Sites

On Monday visited some historical sites

As entering the gorge leading to Queen's Staircase,

got a good briefing of local history

by a local young man

- all the guides in Nassau are telling that they work for free

but would be happy for some tips...

- anyway he was good and got an interesting story of Bahamian history

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Queen's Staircase

- 66 steps leading to Fort Fincastle were cut

into the limestone hill and bricked up by slaves

- today 65 steps remain

- beautiful site
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Water Tower

- built in 1928 as a water-supply reservoir

- it was closed now,

asked the ladies outside when would it be open:

"it's been closed at least for 5 years"
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Lord Dunmore

- not so nice man in Bahamas history
. View from Fort Fincastle
next the water tower
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