Contributed by Maine Forest Service
Description
An unidentified woman and the Forest Service fire lookout tower at Coburn Mountain in about 1920. Watchmen staffed the fire towers and lived in nearby cabins.
The original wood tower was built in 1910. The 24-foot steel tower was built in 1914 at an elevation of 3,718 feet.
In 1938, the cab on top was crushed by ice and rebuilt.
About This Item
- Title: Forest Service lookout tower, Coburn Mountain, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: Upper Enchanted, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 10 cm x 5.5 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Coburn Mountain (Me.)
- Fire lookout stations--Maine--Upper Enchanted
- Fire prevention--Maine
- Forest fires--Detection--Maine
- Maine. Bureau of Forestry--Facilities
- Safety
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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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