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However, others' concerns were justified, as it turned out that Cadiz was not visible from the tower due to the elevation of intervening mountains. Not long after the tower's construction, it was hit by lightning during a violent storm and severely damaged. One of the tower's sentinels died in the
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adjusted their guns such that they were able to target at a high elevation, and brought down the tower with their sixth shot. However this is unlikely due to the fact HMS Wasp (1880) foundered in 1884 and HMS Wasp (1886) was lost with all hands in 1887. Following demolition of the tower, O'Hara's
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at the Port of Cadiz, about 60 miles (97 km) away. He was alone in this belief; despite this, with persistence, he succeeded in having the tower built. It was constructed of hewn stone and iron between 1787 and 1791.
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O'Hara's Tower had been scheduled for demolition in 1888. The details of its demolition vary slightly. In one account, the tower came down that year as a result of target practice by the crew of
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Not only was it unsuccessful; it was struck by lightning shortly after it was built, and remained in ruins for much of the 19th century until its demolition in 1888. Formerly referred to as
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lightning strike. By 1811 the tower had garnered the nickname of "O'Hara's Folly", bestowed by the garrison. O'Hara's Tower was in ruins through much of the remainder of the 19th century.
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The tower had first been proposed by General Charles O'Hara, then Lieutenant Governor, who served as
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O'Hara's Tower was in Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory at the southern end of the
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Google map of the former location of O'Hara's Tower, now the site of O'Hara's Battery
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The Governor's Villa, now known as Governor's Cottage. O'Hara's Tower.
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from 1795 to 1802. He was notorious for having surrendered to both
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1825-1888 from Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Battery was constructed on the same site, with the first
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Windmill Hill and O'Hara's Tower at the south end of
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Fortifications of Gibraltar
Upper Rock Nature Reserve
Gibraltar

Gibraltar
O'Hara's Tower is located in Gibraltar
36°07′26″N 5°20′34″W / 36.123845°N 5.342880°W / 36.123845; -5.342880
Watchtower
watchtower
British Overseas Territory
Gibraltar
Rock of Gibraltar
O'Hara's Battery
Upper Rock Nature Reserve
Charles O'Hara
Cadiz
Iberian Peninsula
O'Hara's Road

George Lothian Hall
Governor of Gibraltar
George Washington
Napoleon Bonaparte
Yorktown
Toulon
Spanish fleet
HMS Wasp
6-inch
breech-loading gun
Vavasseur mounting

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