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View from the jetty looking towards Government wharf where in days gone by,
salt was loaded. At one time there was a machine that crushed the salt
producing a higher grade of salt that was used in the fishing industry.
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Donkeys found wandering along the road
on the way to the Grand Turk Lighthouse
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Eunice Lodge/ Odd Fellows Hall is possibly one of the oldest buildings
on Front Street, Grand Turk
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The Grand Turk lighthouse was built in 1852.
The lighthouse keeper's residence shows the classic stepped kitchen chimney found
in many buildings on Grand Turk
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Osprey ruffling his feathers in the cooling breeze of Grand Turk waterfront.
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Victoria Public Library was completed in
1889 at a cost of 568 English pounds
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Front Street showing Victoria Library (pink building) begun in 1887,
St Mary's Anglican Pro-Cathedral and Government Buildings.
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St Mary's was built in 1900 as the original church on Grand Turk was too far out of town.
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Government Buildings showing canons thought to have come from The Endymion
which sank off Salt Cay in 1790
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Time for a swim. Photo taken from the
Sandbar where we stopped and had drinks.
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Grand Turk's beaches are spectacular. We stayed at Manta House - a great choice!
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Manta House, our home away from home
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Stone walls and typical stepped chimney
is all that remains on this house
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Grand Turk Methodist Church with pelicans as seen from across the salt ponds
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Guinep House-the National Museum
is one of the oldest surviving residences constructed over 150 years ago.
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The kitchen had a large brick fireplace for cooking and smaller baking ovens
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Artifacts from The Molasses Reef shipwreck are displayed and include an anchor and breech loading cannons.
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The Lucayan paddle found in the North Creek, Grand Turk has been radiocarbon dated to around AD1100
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Flamingos strolling along the Grand Turk salt ponds
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Colourful Grand Turk dwelling
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Hand made rock walls surround the
wooden houses of Grand Turk
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Dormer windows of Grand Turk
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This was my favourite gate
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The massive old Grand Turk Prison
gate had
two peep holes |
We spent some enjoyable hours discovering quaint roads and walking along Front Street |
Cocktail time at the Sandbar
watching the sun go down |
The sign outside of Grand Turk's
Salt Raker Inn
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| Photographs are the property of Marta Morton...Harbour Club Villas |
