Blue Mountain Fire Observation Station
Blue Mountain Fire Observation Station | |
Blue Mountain Fire Observation Tower, August 2009 | |
43°52′20.6″N 74°24′3.4″W / 43.872389°N 74.400944°W / 43.872389; -74.400944 | |
Area | 14.6 acres (5.9 ha) |
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Built | 1917 |
Architect | Aermotor Corporation |
MPS | Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 01001035[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 23, 2001 |
The Blue Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Blue Mountain at Indian Lake in Hamilton County, New York. The station includes a 35-foot-tall (11 m), steel frame lookout tower built in 1917, an observer's cabin built in 1975, the remains of three observer's cabins, remains of a radar station built in the 1960s, and remnants of telephone lines along the foot trail. There are four contributing resources: the tower, trail, remnants of a 1949 observer's cabin, and 1890s stone benchmark. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation and provided a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Forest Preserve from the hazards of forest fires.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Wes Haynes (May 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Blue Mountain Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying three photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
External links
Media related to Blue Mountain Fire Observation Station at Wikimedia Commons
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