SOUTH CAROLINA LOOKOUTS
WHITESTONE
Spartanburg County
South Carolina Forestry Commission
South Carolina Forestry Commission
1946-47: "Another tower is planned for Spartanburg County in the vicinity of Whitestone where an improvised tower has been in use for several years." (Annual Report of the State Commission of Forestry, 7/1/1946-6/30/1947)
1947-48: "The construction of a tower near Whitestone in Spartanburg county was held up pending the transfer of the Camp Croft area to the State as a park. With the construction of this tower the primary lookout tower system for the State will have been completed. There are now 155 lookout towers in the State." (Annual Report of the State Commission of Forestry, 7/1/1947-6/30/1948)
1949-50: "Two new steel towers were erected during the fiscal year. Both towers were constructed from materials already on hand from war surplus. Regular employed personnel were used as labor on these jobs. One of the new towers is sixty feet high and is located at Camp Croft in Spartanburg County. The other is a one hundred foot steel tower and was erected near Pineville in Berkeley County." (Report of the State Commission of Forestry, 7/1/49 to 6/30/50)