DEPOT MOUNTAIN #18
Aroostook County - Maine Forestry District
1909: Established with a wood tower. (From the photo inventory of the Maine Historical Society.)
1909: The station on Depot Mountain was built by the state in 1909. A living camp was also found necessary for Depot Mountain and was built at a small expense. (1910 Forest Commissioner's Report)
1914: "The Station at Depot Mountain, built in 1909, was but a platform on the top of a high spruce tree. It became unsafe for use last season. During the summer of 1914 a new sixty foot steel tower was erected and it commands an excellent view of the surrounding country." + "A new telephone line was built from Depot Mountain to English Lake, following the Canadian Boundary, a distance of about 22 miles. This line was built by Ross E. Miller and the regular patrolmen, during such times as it was not necessary to keep up patrol." (1914 Forest Commissioner's Report)
1917: "The steel tower at Depot Mountain was re-painted in 1917 and is in good condition." (Forest Protection and Conservation in Maine, 1919)
1919: "On Depot Mountain in Twp. No. 18 R. 16, Aroostook County. This station is a 60 foot steel tower built in 1914, replacing a platform station in a high Spruce tree." (Forest Protection and Conservation in Maine, 1919)
1920: Inventory shows a 60-foot steel tower.