EDISON
New Jersey - Sussex County
1920: "Edison Station, Sussex County - A 45-foot steel lookout tower, and three miles of telephone line have been installed on the property of the New Jersey Zinc Co. with the assistance of the company, and have been in service since July 15." (Annual Report - Department of Conservation and Development, 1919-20)
April 27, 1923: "The Edison tower stands in the midst of the old iron mines in Sussex county where some 25 years ago Thomas A. Edison first tried out his electro magnetic method of sorting and concentrating magnetic Iron ore. It is a fifty-foot steel tower erected in 1920 thru the co-operation of the New Jersey Zinc Company and the State of New Jersey and is 1,400 feet above sea level. The view extends across the Wallkill Valley to the Kittatinny Ridge, northward over the highlands and southward to the end of Sparta Mountain. The tower can be reached by the road from South Ogdensburg station to the top of the mountain, or by turning north from the Sparta Oak Ridge road at the tower sign just west of the Hopewell camps. The tower stands almost on the roadside." (The Freehold Transcript and The Monmouth Inquirer)
September 27, 1923: "Aside from the test end, some fine pieces of scouting were performed by the scouts this summer. A direct trail through the woods was blazed to the Edison Fire Tower enabling one to go directly from camp to the tower in from 15 to 20 minutes. This trail was laid by the use of the compass alone.
A 35 foot observation and signal tower was erected at one of the highest points of land surrounding camp. When completed this tower will afford a splendid view of the valleys about camp, this section being practically the only area of the Edison fire zone not visable from the Edison Fire tower." (The Record)