How do you build a fire tower?

7 years after that first conversation with Tom Clark and with the DEP, we are excited that our fire tower stands again in the Catskills, right in our backyard. This is how it happened!

We recently learned that our tower is the only fire tower in the United States that had been removed, stored for years, and then reassembled in the exact same spot, saving a piece of local history. 

Ground is broken for the footers

Forms are constructed for the concrete footers

Footers are poured

Moving Components to the site

The first tower components start to be assembled

The first section is erected.

And up it goes!

Putting the cab on

Getting ready for roof assembly

Putting the last piece of the roof on!

Voila! We have a tower!