Mauch Chunk Fire Tower
US 1265, PA 29
September 2003 photo

September 2003 photo - courtesy of Geocaching.com user Zhanna

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1265, PA 29 (view other lookouts in United States, Pennsylvania)
Date Registered January 15, 2018
Nominated by Wyatt Cassidy
Location Weiser State Forest
Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates N 40° 52.421' W 075° 41.967' (view using Google Maps)
N 40° 52' 25" W 075° 41' 58"
N 40.873685° W 075.699445°
Elevation 1,672 ft (510 m)
Built 1936
Administered by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry

Description

This Aermotor steel fire tower was built by CCC crews in 1936.

One of the lookouts to work at this site was Righter Reabold, who staffed this tower for 17 years.

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