What a canny man! Captain Lemuel Moody that is. An ex sea captain he worked out how to make a fortune... build a tower in the middle of town that commanded a view out to sea. When there were no ships around, he charged people to come and look at the view. When ships were on the horizon, he would raise a flag so that the shipowners could organise the workforce. Oh! Roger has just reminded me of the most amazing fact... the tower has no foundations... just ballast! It has survived all of the tornados, fires and tempests that the region could throw at it!
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