. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 17-19. Forests and forestry. ..-^ â , â...^.jcsaai s^Ntm V^ "V55B , '^"S^j^t^a^^^^IKjS^S^B â 4^^3BBk^^^^^^S ' -^^ 1 .. .\ jfc ' - /\ ., ^^^- 1 â¢^i^^^....^^. V / \ J-^^ l^r-: ^EI5 \ aI^i^:^ ^""-^^^^^j^-rââ"j*c ^ 'W5f- â¦i» 1 ___ 't ⢠_^^^ , ⢠"^ i CD tH C5 rH â i-l C OJ o H c o o ^ V ^fa -C5 ^2 l-i O r O o 17 In and near State Forests, there are 92 trees used for fire observa- tion stations. There are 35 wooden towers and 9 steel towers. All of the steel towers and most of the wooden towers have telephone
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 17-19. Forests and forestry. ..-^ â , â...^.jcsaai s^Ntm V^ "V55B , '^"S^j^t^a^^^^IKjS^S^B â 4^^3BBk^^^^^^S ' -^^ 1 .. .\ jfc ' - /\ ., ^^^- 1 â¢^i^^^....^^. V / \ J-^^ l^r-: ^EI5 \ aI^i^:^ ^""-^^^^^j^-rââ"j*c ^ 'W5f- â¦i» 1 ___ 't ⢠_^^^ , ⢠"^ i CD tH C5 rH â i-l C OJ o H c o o ^ V ^fa -C5 ^2 l-i O r O o 17 In and near State Forests, there are 92 trees used for fire observa- tion stations. There are 35 wooden towers and 9 steel towers. All of the steel towers and most of the wooden towers have telephone con- nections. The Pocono Protective Fire Association has erected three wooden towers and uses an additional one: A twenty-five-foot tower at Tunnell Hill near Mt. Pocono, built in the spring of 1915. A twenty-five-foot tower in Smithfield township, built in the spring of 1915. A thirty-foot tower on Cresco Heights, built in spring of 1916. They also use what is known as the Bailey tower, which is twenty- fivfe feet h' yh and located near the Pocono Manor. A telephone line connects with each of these towers. The Anthracite Forest Protective Association now has two steel towers. In April 1918, a sixty-four-foot steel tower was erected on Broad Mountain, Packer township, Carbon county. The tower erected cost | The purchase and erection of 74 telephone poles cost $, brushing 7 miles of right-of-way, cost Thla expense was divided equally between the association and the bureau of forest protection. In May 1918 a similar tower was erected on Sharp Mountain, south of Brockton, Blythe township, SchuylkiU county. This tower and its erection cost f which amount was equally shared by the association and this bureau. No telephone con- nection has been made at this tower. In June, iron steps were erected on the steel tower on the State Forest near Cherry Springs, Potter county. The Gray Chemical Company and the National Chemical Company contribut
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