VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
TOANO AKA (James City) & (Barhamsville)
James City County
Chesapeake Pulp and Paper Company
Co-op Virginia Department of Forestry
Chesapeake Pulp and Paper Company
Co-op Virginia Department of Forestry
October 17, 1933: "There has been erected on the land of H. P. Hazelwood, a look-out, 120 feet high, by the Chesapeake Pulp and Paper Co., for observing forest fires. The company has extensive timber holdings in James City and New Kent Counties, and this tower being situated on the highest point in either county makes it ideal as means of detecting forest fires for many miles." (Daily Press)
DESIGNATION - JAMES CITY LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - GV4691
STATE/COUNTY- VA/JAMES CITY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - TOANO (1986)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (GWL)
THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS THE BARHAMSVILLE LOOKOUT TOWER
WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SE OF THE VILLAGE OF BARHAMSVILLE.
IT IS ON A SMALL CLEARED KNOLL 0.2 MILE E OF STATE HIGHWAY
168, ON THE PROPERTY OF H.P. HAZELWOOD. IT IS A 4-LEGGED
STEEL STRUCTURE ABOUT 100 FEET HIGH WITH A GLASS ENCLOSED
CAB ON THE TOP. IT IS OWNED BY THE CHESAPEAKE CORPORATION
AND OPERATED IN COOPERATION WITH THE STATE FOREST SERVICE.
THE APEX OF THE ROOF WAS THE POINT OBSERVED UPON.