File:Quebec-00018 - Tower 1.jpg
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English: In the early 19th century, the British feared that the Americans, after gaining their independence (1776), would attempt to annex Upper and Lower Canada. In response to this threat Gother Mann, as commanding officer of the Royal Engineerings in Canada (1785-1804), urged the building of towers at Quebec to prevent an invader from approaching the existing fortifications.
Ralph Bruyeres, Mann’s successor, began construction of four towers in the summer of 1808. James Craig, who was then the governor of the colony, ordered the work to go ahead without consent from the authorities in London, whom he presented with a “fait accomplished”. By 1812, when war began, the towers were completed and ready for service. They stand almost parallel to the wall over the entire width of the promontory, ensuring each other’s defence. They were not identified with names but numbers. Tower 1 overlooks the river on the Plains of Abraham; tower 2 is located ant the intersection of Cache and Wilfrid-Laurier streets; tower 3, located at the intersection of Rene-Levesque boulevard and Claire-Fontaine street, was torn down in 1905; tower 4 is located on Lavigueur street in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste district. |
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