OHIO LOOKOUTS
TELEGRAPH HILL
Lawrence County
Wayne National Forest
Wayne National Forest
September 10, 1940: "A secondary fire tower is to be established on Telegraph hill four miles south of Blackfork with Homer Lloyd as local resident watchman. The local area now will have four towers with three manned by local residents as fire guards and one by an enrollee lookout." (Portsmouth Times)
April 19, 1942: "Two fire tower cabin enclosures have been received by the U.S. Forest Service. They will be installed on the Telegraph Hill tower a mile east of state route 75 on Telegraph hill. The tower is manned by Carl Malone. The other cab will be placed on Long Hollow tower on the High Knob at the head of Long Hollow. This tower is manned by Lester Massie.
These two are known as secondary towers and are manned only when the fire hazard is high. They are the open platform or 'Crow's Nest' type and give no protection from the elements to the towermen. The cabs to be installed also will afford better protection for the radio and other equipment and prevent persons from gaining access to the towers. This latter is important as a recent ruling of the government prohibits climbing of the towers by the general public because many U.S. forest service are in use as airplane spotter stations and for other war work beside fire detection.
The construction will be done by CCC from Camp Vesuvius under the direction of Engineer Foreman Joseph Swisher. The work will be supervised by Camp Superintendent W. Arnold Penner. The forest service suppression crews under William W. Howell of Blackfork and Lemma Waugh of Pedro route 2 stationed at these towers on high hazard days, will assist in the construction when not fighting fires." (Portsmouth Times)
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