Fire Lookout Tower 10
Fire Lookout Tower 10 : Types of Fire Lookout Towers: The typical cab of an Aermoter had a 7 by 7 ft (2. 1 by 2. 1 m) cab with a fire locating device mounted in the center. Access was by way of a trap door in the floor. Example Lakota Peak Lookout. Example Summit Ridge Lookout. Example The Fire Towers of New York. Example Adirondack Towers. (4) Ground cabs: Abandoned fire-spotting hut on Big Bald Mountain (New Brunswick), Canada (IR Walker 1986). Ground cabs are still known as "towers" even though there may be no such tower under the cab. These towers can be one, two or three stories tall with foundations made of natural stone or cement. These towers vary greatly in size, but many are simple wooden or steel tower cabs that were constructed using the same plans, sans the tower. Example Tahquitz Peak Lookout. Example Winchester Mountain Lookout. Example Mt. Tamalpais Lookout in California. (5) Other types: There are many different types of lookouts. In the early days, the fire lookout operator would simply climb a denuded tree and would sit upon a 2'x2' platform chair atop that tree. An old fishing boat was once dragged to the top of a high hill and it was used as a fire lookout tower. Very little is known about the horse mounted fire lookout, but they, too, would ride the ridges patrolling the forest for smoke
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