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HAER ORE,32-IMA,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Hat Point Fire Lookout Tower, Forest Service Road -4340, 24 miles from Imnaha, Imnaha, Wallowa County, OR
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HAER ORE,32-IMA,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Hat Point Fire Lookout Tower, Forest Service Road -4340, 24 miles from Imnaha, Imnaha, Wallowa County, OR
Depicted place Oregon; Wallowa County; Imnaha
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER ORE,32-IMA,1- (sheet 1 of 2)
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  • Significance: One of the few remaining operational fire lookout towers in the United States. The Hat Point Lookout is manned every fire season by a Forest Service lookout. The Tower is located on the edge of Hells Canyon at the highest elevation above sea level (6982'ASL) on the Oregon side of the canyon. At Hat Point, Hells Canyon of the Snake River is the deepest gorge in North America. Equipment inside the 8' x 8' tower cabin includes the original "Osborn Fire Finder," chair and table both of which are mounted on glass insulators. The road into Hat Point was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934. The only route into the Hat Point area prior to this time was by horse, pack train or on foot. The area is significant in Forest Service and CCC history due to its use as a staging area for CCC fire fighting crews. It is also the site of the first Forest Service parachute air drop to resupply CCC/Forest Service crews fighting forest fires.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N384
  • Survey number: HAER OR-60
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0334.sheet.00001a
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Object location45° 33′ 33.98″ N, 116° 49′ 55.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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