{"id":7050,"date":"2013-07-23T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=7050"},"modified":"2023-03-30T08:33:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T12:33:22","slug":"clove-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2013\/07\/clove-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Clove Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We take care of a non-broadcast radio site on Clove Mountain, NY<\/a>. This is a fairly prominent terrain feature and has something else interesting next to the tower site. This old fire tower<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clove Mountain fire tower, Clove Mountain, NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That is an Aermotor<\/a> LS-60 fire tower, constructed in 1932. For an eighty-year-old structure, it is a remarkably good shape. In New York State, fire towers were used for spotting up until 1990, although I believe the last season this one was used was 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Clove<\/a>
Clove Mountain fire tower, clove mountain, NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Clove mountain is about 1,400 feet above sea level and 800 to 1000 feet above the surrounding terrain. From the top, on a clear day, the view was approximately 30-45 miles depending on terrain obstacles. A forest ranger would be constantly scanning the area looking for signs of fire. If he saw something, there was a range finder that would give the range and azimuth. He would then reference a map and call the fire department responsible for that location.  The fire tower was equipped with electric and a wired telephone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Clove<\/a>
Clove Mountain view to Northwest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This picture was taken on a cloudy day, thus the view is somewhat restricted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Stairs<\/a>
Stairs looking down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It would be nice if this were preserved and not allowed to deteriorate any further. Several of these sites have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Clove<\/a>
Clove Mountain Ranger cabin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Below the tower is this ranger cabin. Presumably, during the busy season, somebody stayed up here 24\/7. There was electricity and a refrigerator, but no running water.\u00a0 Off to the side is a bedroom.\u00a0 Over the years, people have broken into the fire tower and this cabin and smashed things for no reason.\u00a0 It would be nice to preserve all of this for future generations to see, but it is likely these pictures will have to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We take care of a non-broadcast radio site on Clove Mountain, NY. This is a fairly prominent terrain feature and has something else interesting next to the tower site. This old fire tower: That is an Aermotor LS-60 fire tower, constructed in 1932. For an eighty-year-old structure, it is a remarkably good shape. In New … Continue reading Clove Mountain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[302,169],"class_list":["post-7050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-history","tag-tower-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7050"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11356,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050\/revisions\/11356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}