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English: Belvedere on the Julius H. Ruhl Residence in Galveston. Also, called a "Widows Walk" because they were used by wives to watch for husbands returning from sea voyages. They are also known as a "widow's watch," roofwalk or Captain's Walk. The were a popular feature on coastal homes in the last half of the 19th century -- the Age of Sail
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Camera location29° 18′ 12.29″ N, 94° 46′ 59.58″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current22:27, 7 January 2021Thumbnail for version as of 22:27, 7 January 20211,236 × 1,867 (969 KB)Jim Evans (talk | contribs)Tighter crop of Widows Walk
17:14, 14 July 2012Thumbnail for version as of 17:14, 14 July 20121,458 × 2,157 (1.06 MB)Wiki name~commonswiki (talk | contribs)

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