Liberty Hill Lookout
US 836, SC 6
Lookout Details
| Registry Numbers | US 836, SC 6 (view other lookouts in United States, South Carolina) |
| Date Registered | November 17, 2009 |
| Nominated by | Ron Stafford |
| Location |
Sumter National Forest Edgefield County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates |
N 33° 55.367' W 082° 08.567' (view using Google Maps) N 33° 55' 22" W 082° 08' 34" N 33.922780° W 082.142780° |
| Elevation | 519 ft (158 m) |
| Built | 1940 |
| Administered by | U.S. Forest Service |
| Cooperators | Long Cane Ranger District |
Description
This 100' LS-40 Aermotor tower with 7'x7' galvanized sheet metal cab with hip roof was constructed in the 1940s on the Sumter National Forest and used by the Forest Service until 1989. The Liberty Hill tower was one of several lookout stations used in the comprehensive fixed-point fire detection of the earlier years of the Forest Service. The buildings around the Liberty Hill lookout tower were used as the fire dispatching office for the Edgefield and Long Cane districts as well as a fire equipment cache and staging area during extreme fire days.
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