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Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

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Tumbledown Camp, Maine Forest Department, ca. 1920

Tumbledown Camp, Maine Forest Department, ca. 1920

Item 19068 info
Maine Forest Service

On the back of the photo is written, "Interior Camp Tumbledown, Showing Radio which is a great comfort during evenings. Get the news and other items all over the U.S."

A wood lookout tower was built on the 3.542-foot Tumbledown peak in 1910.

A 24-foot steel tower replaced it in 1914.