Early Forest Fire Towers |
ERA crew manning a pole tower, camp F-17, Winona, Missouri.......Clark National Forest .... Taken by Walter A. Werner, 1937 U.S. Forest Service photo Courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina
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Rich Mountain, Arkansas Lookout Tower. Eagleton Ranger District, Arkansas National Forest...Oct. 1934 U.S. Forest Service Photo. Courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina |
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Crazy Horse Lookout Tower, Lolo National Forest, 1941, W.J. Mead--CCC Photographer. Courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina |
Pine Pole Lookout. Clark National Forest. CCC project-F-7 bunk..Taken by W.A. Werner 1937 Courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina |
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Lookout built on a Douglas Fir.-
May 1929 - The floor of the lookout house is 170 feet from the ground.
The man half way up the tree is over 6 feet tall. This tower is over
looking the Southwest corner of Olympic National Forest Courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina |
Located in the Black Hills, SD. Used by the Homestake Mining Company, near Moskee.........1938 Courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina |
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Found this photo in Florida. Does anyone know where this is? Email us if you know..............................
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Closeup of #6 |
Closeup of #5 |
Courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina |
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