(Hadley Mountain) Fire Tower

Fire Tower

Erected of wood in 1916

Steel tower erected in 1920

Cabin built to house ranger

Closed 1990, restored and

staffed summers from 1996

Marker is on Tower Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fire Tower

(Whiteface Mountain)

1885 - 1935

Fire Tower.

The second forest fire

tower in the Adirondacks.

Erected 1909. One of 58 now

maintained by the State in

Adirondacks and Catskills.

New York State Education and

Conservation Departments, 1935

Marker can be reached from New York Route 30.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Top of the Fire Tower

At the top of the Fire Tower are the slits for the observation level and the rooftop platform. As it was being designed, there was debate about whether the Cape May tower should have one, two or three observation levels. ...

Construction of Fire Control Tower No. 23

White Construction of New York was the contractor for this fire control tower. They used a “sliding form” or “slip form,” allowing for a continuous pour of concrete. In June of 1942, about fourteen piles were driven into the ground. ...

Fire Control Tower No. 23

This tower was built to house a sophisticated system for aiming the guns of Fort Miles. From Fire Control Towers along the coast, soldiers would determine the exact location of an enemy ship using the geometric principle of triangulation. Each ...