Bowers' Tower

John McAdams

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Nov 24, 2009, 8:08:09 PM11/24/09

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Anybody have a good estimate of how far behind the Stockade Fence
Bowers' tower is?

I have a map by Cutler that says "150'" -- presumably 150 feet. That
sounds plausible, but Cutler has so much nonsensical stuff on the map
I'd like to find another map.

I can't find anything in the WCR.

Any help appreciated.

.John

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jas

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Nov 25, 2009, 12:39:44 AM11/25/09

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Google Earth shows the distance (using the ruler under 'tools') being
about 300 ft

bigdog

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Nov 25, 2009, 12:39:54 AM11/25/09

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You asked for a good estimate but mine is based on my visit to DP a
few years ago. I'd say 150 feet is a pretty good ballpark estimate.

Anthony Marsh

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Nov 25, 2009, 12:44:00 AM11/25/09

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On 11/24/2009 8:08 PM, John McAdams wrote:
> Anybody have a good estimate of how far behind the Stockade Fence
> Bowers' tower is?
>
> I have a map by Cutler that says "150'" -- presumably 150 feet. That
> sounds plausible, but Cutler has so much nonsensical stuff on the map
> I'd like to find another map.
>
> I can't find anything in the WCR.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>

I'll have to check, but I believe it's on someone else's map as well.
Could be Graig Ciccone.

yeuhd

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Nov 25, 2009, 12:50:13 PM11/25/09

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I measure 300 feet (+/– 10 feet) to the fence in a line running
perpendicular from the south side of the tower.

Anthony Marsh

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Nov 25, 2009, 6:18:51 PM11/25/09

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Yes, thank you. I can't be sure which point the measurement should be
taken from. If he is only interested in the ground distance or the
sighting distance. I can't remember how high Bowers was. I thought it was
19 feet, but I may be wrong.

markusp

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Nov 25, 2009, 6:19:18 PM11/25/09

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On Nov 24, 7:08 pm, john.mcad...@marquette.edu (John McAdams) wrote:
> Anybody have a good estimate of how far behind the Stockade Fence
> Bowers' tower is?
>
> I have a map by Cutler that says "150'" -- presumably 150 feet. That
> sounds plausible, but Cutler has so much nonsensical stuff on the map
> I'd like to find another map.
>
> I can't find anything in the WCR.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> .John

You could try this Nat'l Geographic online map. It allows differing
perspectives through Satellite and Bird's Eye Views. It also allows
for rotation, which helps to use the measuring scale provided.

http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine#s=h&c=32.778745059040254,%20-96.80864013279644&z=17

~Mark

yeuhd

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Nov 25, 2009, 11:11:55 PM11/25/09

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On Nov 25, 6:18 pm, Anthony Marsh <anthony_ma...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Yes, thank you. I can't be sure which point the measurement should be
> taken from. If he is only interested in the ground distance or the
> sighting distance. I can't remember how high Bowers was. I thought it was
> 19 feet, but I may be wrong.

If the ground distance to the fence in a line perpendicular from the south
side of the tower is 300 feet, and Bowers' eye level inside the tower was
19 feet, then applying the ol' Pythagorean Theorem gives us 300.6 feet
from Bowers' eyes to the bottom of the fence, and 300.3 feet to the top of
the fence.

Anthony Marsh

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Nov 25, 2009, 11:29:34 PM11/25/09

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I don't see Bower's Tower. But it would have to be beyond the railroad
tracks, wouldn't it?

http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine#s=h&c=32.778745059040254,%20-96.80864013279644&z=17

jas

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Nov 27, 2009, 10:55:20 PM11/27/09

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Has anyone confirmed the 300 ft distance from the tower to the fence?
If nothing else, I'd like to corroborate google Earth's accuracy.

Thanks.