NEW YORK LOOKOUTS
GOMER HILL
Lewis County
July 27, 1927: "E.J. Felt, state forest ranger at Old Forge, announces that a new fire observation tower will be erected on Tug Hill, near Boonville and Lacona. The tower will be of steel and will be 80 feet high. It is also planned this year to build a trail from Inlet to Red river for the convenience of hunters." (Courier-Freeman)
DESIGNATION - GOMER HILL LOOKOUT TOWER NYCD
PID - OE1857
STATE/COUNTY- NY/LEWIS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - GLENFIELD (1966)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (FBQ)
THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS ABOUT 3.5 MILES NW OF THE VILLAGE
OF TURIN, ON THE BARE SUMMIT OF GOMER HILL, THE HIGHEST POINT IN
THE VICINITY. IT IS 11.314 METERS, 37.12 FEET, E OF TRIANGULATION
STATION GOMER. IT IS THE STANDARD TYPE STEEL LOOKOUT TOWER,
ALUMINUM COLORED AND ABOUT 80 FEET HIGH OVERALL. IT WAS LOCATED
BY TRAVERSE FROM STATION GOMER. THE ABOVE NAME IS UNCERTAIN AS
THERE WAS NO ONE PRESENT AT THE TOWER.