Contributed by Maine Forest Service
Description
The old fire lookout tower at Number Nine Mountain.
A wood tower was built at Number Nine in 1914 and replaced with this wood tower a year later. A 36-foot steel tower was built in 1919 and removed in 1993.
W. B. Hussey was assigned to the Number Nine fire lookout in 1917.
About This Item
- Title: Old fire lookout tower, Number Nine Mountain, ca. 1918
- Creation Date: circa 1918
- Subject Date: circa 1918
- Location: Number Nine Mountain, TD R2 WELS, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 13.5 cm x 8 cm
- Object Type: Image
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- Dwellings--Maine--T5 R1
- Fire lookout stations--Maine--TD R2 WELS
- Fire lookouts--Maine--TD R2 WELS
- Fire prevention--Maine
- Maine. Bureau of Forestry--Employees
- Maine. Bureau of Forestry--Facilities
- Number Nine Mountain (Me.)
- Safety
- Watchmen--Maine--TD R2 WELS
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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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New lookout tower, Number Nine Mountain, ca. 1920
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