 | The northwest anchor and cable looking in bad condition |
 | A rope is all that holds the northeast guy cable |
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The leftover radio antennas from a former repeater site moved elsewhere. These will later be removed.
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The remains of the southeast guy cable hanging in the breeze, holding nothing |
 | The old radio hut. It had blown over the edge. An attempt to winch it up from this location failed, so it remains here for now. |
 | The northeast footing has deteriorated to the point of needing repair. |
 | The southwest guy cable anchor is rotten and weak. |
November
2007 Repair Trip |
 | Mike carrying a bundle of wood up to the summit. |
 | The weekend work crew (minus Roger behind the camera) |
 | Weekend crew closeup - Left to Right Josh |
 | The crew hard at work. |
 | The southeast guy cable, anchor, and hardware - replaced. Good as new.
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 | New roof with drip edge board and old antennas and mounts removed.
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Some of the workcrew just finishing up. All that's left is to haul down the generator to the bottom of the mountain! Left to Right Rog Morneault,
Mike Sirois
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Summary
- Over the weekend of November 9th, 10th, and 11th, a team lead by Roger Morneault
packed equipment, tools, and a generator up to the summit of Allagash Mountain
in an effort to do some repairs to the Allagash Mountain Fire Tower. The tower
was in questionable shape and needed some shoring up to ensure it would survive
the winter. Roger and company replaced all guy lines, hardware, and anchors, replaced
the roof, removed the old antennas on the cab, and some other misc. repairs. The
tower, which has one loose footing, is now rock solid with the new guy lines and
hardware. More work may be planned for this tower next year. |
All
photos courtesy of Roger Morneault |
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