Contributed by Maine Forest Service
Description
The new Forest Service fire lookout tower at Depot Mountain in about 1920, with the old tower just visible to the left.
The original wood tower was built in 1909.
The new steel tower was built in 1914. It is 60-feet high and built at an elevation of 1,300 feet.
It is one of the towers that looks into Canada.
About This Item
- Title: Old and new fire lookout towers, Depot Mountain, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: T14 R16 WELS, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 10 cm x 6 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Maine. Bureau of Forestry--Facilities
- Depot Mountain (Me.)
- Fire lookout stations--Maine--T14 R16 WELS
- Safety
- Fire prevention--Maine
- Forest fires--Detection--Maine
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For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Forest ServiceMaine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, 18 Elkins Lane, Harlow Building, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0022
(207) 287-3156
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