Contributed by Maine Forest Service
Description
The Forest Service fire lookout tower at Moxie Bald Mountain in about 1920. The two unidentified men in the tower probably are Forest Service employees.
The steel tower was built in 1919. It is 12-feet tall and built at an elevation of 2,630 feet. It replaced a wood tower that was built in 1910.
About This Item
- Title: Lookout tower, Moxie Bald Mountain, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: T2 R3 BKP EKR, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 13 cm x 8 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Fire lookout stations--Maine--T2 R3 BKP EKR
- Moxie Bald Mountain (Me.)
- Fire lookouts--Maine--T2 R3 BKP EKR
- Watchmen--Maine
- Maine. Bureau of Forestry--Employees
- Maine. Bureau of Forestry--Facilities
- 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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