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Blue Mountain Fire Tower
US
109
,
New York
8
Hamilton County, New York
Elevation:
3759'
Coordinates:
N43.8721 W74.4013
Administrative Unit:
NY Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Cooperators:
N.Y. Dept. of Environmental Conservation & New York Chapter, Forest Fire Lookout Association
Date Certified:
7/6/1995
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Blue Mountain Fire Tower may be best known and most visited fire tower in the Adirondacks. The site was used as a station in the land survey of 1870 and a wooden tower was built there in 1911. The present 35’ Aermotor LS-40 tower with 7’ x 7’ steel cab was constructed by NYSDEC in 1917 and remained active until 1990. The tower was rehabilitated in 1994 and staffed by volunteers of the Blue Mountain Fire Tower Committee.
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1910s (P. Hartmann collection-courtesy Bill Starr)
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1998 (Bill Starr photo)
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