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CLOSE-UP VIEW OF MID-SECTION OF TOWER, SHOWING RIVETED CONNECTIONS AND ADJUSTABLE TIE-RODS, LOOKING NORTHWEST - Valley Forge Observation Tower, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA
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CLOSE-UP VIEW OF MID-SECTION OF TOWER, SHOWING RIVETED CONNECTIONS AND ADJUSTABLE TIE-RODS, LOOKING NORTHWEST - Valley Forge Observation Tower, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA
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Variety Iron Works of Cleveland,Ohio; Cope, Emmor B; Ingle, John; Eisenman, George, photographer; Marshall-Dutcher, Joan, historian
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Montgomery County; King of Prussia
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER PA,46-VALFO,4-9
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  • Significance: The Valley Forge Observation Tower is an example of facilities built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to provide overviews of historical and scenic areas. The tower was built on the summit of Mount Joy, the highest point in Valley Forge State Park. It was based on plans and specifications prepared by Colonel Emmor B. Cope, engineer with the Gettysburg National Military Park, where four similar towers had been constructed in 1895-1896. The "observatory" was intended to provide a view of the historic campground where George Washington and the Continental Army spent the winter from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778.
  • Survey number: HAER PA-114
  • Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000657.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1776.photos.136241p
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Object location40° 05′ 21.01″ N, 75° 23′ 47″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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