File:Tour Soleillet, Obock.jpg

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English: The Soleillet tower before it was damaged by a major storm in June 1885. The tower was built in 1882 by Paul Soleillet, a French explorer, colonial administrator and trader who had been hired to open a trading post at Obock in the early 1880s. The tower was rebuilt soon after it was severely damaged by a storm 1 June 1885. It served both as an observation post and a shelter in case of attacks. The Soleillet trading post was used a penitentiary for a few years after Soleillet's death in 1885. A semaphore and a red beacon light atop the tower served as navigation aids. Published in Enciclopedia popolare illustrate, Milan, Italy, 1896-99.
Date circa 1884
date QS:P,+1884-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Author Probably L, Bidault, c. 1884.

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