Forest Service watchmen, Cooper Hill, Cooper, ca. 1919
Contributed by Maine Forest Service
Item 19038
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Two Forest Service employees, Allen and Oscar Sadler, at the watch station at Cooper Hill in about 1919.
A wood fire watch tower was built on the mountain in 1913 and rebuilt in 1925. A steel tower, using steel from the Naval Radio Tower in Bar Harbor, went up in 1937.
Other Information
- Title: Forest Service watchmen, Cooper Hill, Cooper, ca. 1919
- Creation Date: circa 1919
- Subject Date: circa 1919
- Town: Cooper
- County: Washington
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 7.8 x 13.2
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Forest Service
48 Hospital Street, Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 287-3244
http://www.maine.gov/doc/mfs/
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LC Subject Headings
Firefighting equipment--Maine--Cooper
Fire prevention--Maine
Fire lookout stations--Maine--Cooper
Fire lookouts--Maine--Cooper
United States. Forest Service--Employees
Safety
Watchmen--Maine--Cooper
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