Watchman's camp, Depot Mountain, ca. 1920
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Maine Forest Service
M.G. Shaw Lumber built two more towers in 1905, on Attean and Bigelow mountains.
Between 1905 and 1908, owners of forestlands built six more lookout towers in Maine.
At left is the watchman's camp at Depot Mountain. Lookouts generally had cabins for watchmen located lower on the mountain than the tower.
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