Newport Tower Wooden Posts Roof

The tower s base consists of eight columns arranged in a circle forming eight arches.

Newport tower wooden posts roof.

Gilpin newport 1 25 in x 8 ft painted steel flat column. At only 28 feet in height and about 24 feet across most visitors to newport rhode island don t give it much notice. The north tower of the original world trade center also had a 110 metre 360 ft telecommunications antenna atop its roof constructed in 1978 1979 and began transmission in 1980. Key to the secret history of north america see page 185 and the remnants of two wooden posts that supported the roof that was discovered by archaeologists in a 2008 salvage.

It is probable that the newport tower was provided with wooden floors and wooden stairways and the entire structure covered by a conical wooden roof the structure then being surrounded by a wooden stockade thus keeping the natives at a safe distance from the fortress proper. Based on the evidence already present at the newport tower such as the capstone ledges at the top of the eight columns as published in my book the hooked x. The structure is about 18 feet in height constructed of rough hewn stone mortared together. The newport tower also known as.

Round tower touro tower newport stone tower and old stone mill is a round stone tower located in touro park in newport rhode island the remains of a windmill built in the mid 17th century it has received attention due to speculation that it is actually several centuries older and would thus represent evidence of pre columbian trans oceanic contact. The stone tower is circular and composed of unfinished local stones set in various types of mortar. The tower is supported by eight round columns each seven and a half feet tall which are connected at the top by archways. The tower is approximately 26 feet tall and has no roof.

The newport tower sits in the middle of touro park. At one time the tower was at least a few feet taller. The stonework is all that s left the roof and floors are gone.