WILLIAMS MOUNTAIN #27
Maine - Somerset County - Maine Forestry District
1911: "L.P. Barney, chief warden at Skinner says: 'In the spring of 1911 a fire station was built on Williams Mt. and was put in operation early in the spring. As an illustration of the value of this particular station, on July 5th 1912 a watchman located a fire near Brassua pond and on July 10th a fire was noted on the west part of Misery, near Cold Stream pond. The first fire started by lightning and the other by some heedless person dropping a match. Had it not been for this station and telephone connections, a great deal of damage would have been done. As it was, in three hours from the time the lookout notified me, we had a dozen men on the job with good results. Both fires were extinguished at a cost of $150 to the state and the land damage was very small, wherein, had it not been for the station the fire no doubt, would have gotten a big headway burning over numbers of acres." (1912 Forest Commissioner's Report)
1911: "The construction of the building for Williams Mt. cost $46.39; furnishing and supplies, $30; telephone line and equipment, $106.95, making a total of $183.34." (1912 Forest Commissioner's Report)
1914: A 48-foot steel tower erected. (1914 Forest Commissioner's Report)
1920: Inventory shows a 48-foot steel tower.