Forest Fire Lookout Association Inc

Restoration Grant Program


Bald Mountain Fire Tower, New York

File # - 007
Sponsors - "Friends of Bald Mountain" (Jim Traly (former observer), Peg Masters, secretary, Janice Walker Ferrick; Treasurer, and Pat Ferrick)
Location - Town of Webb, outside town of Old Forge
Request Date - 08/13/03
Amount Granted -
Date Approved -

Notes -
Work to be performed:
Concrete footers repaired; Tower scraped, primed and painted; all wooden stairs replaced, landings and cab floor replaced; grid made for windows, railings repaired and fencing repaired

-Tower was built in 1917, closed by the NYSDEC in 1990
-Bald Mtn summit receives 25,000 hikers a year.

Photos

 

Bald Mtn (Rondaxe)


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