Iio\V WOULD YOU DO IT? 



brace and bit. Telephone wire was derrick boom could have been rigged, 

 used for guys. which would have simplified the work 



"The crew was made up of tempo- to a great extent ; but it must be remem- 

 rary employees and two rangers, under bered that we had only three pulle\ 

 the direction of one of the forest blocks, and they had to be used in 

 rangers. At the start there were eight hoisting each pole or brace. We were 

 men, including one cook, one teamster, so short of rope that when we rai>ed 

 and the man in charge. By the time the the second length of the main poles, it 

 tower was half built the crew was cut was necessary to hoist until the block^ 

 down to four men. came together, lash the pole so that it 



"The first task was 

 to cut and peel the tim- 

 bers and skid them to 

 the spot wdiere the 

 t o w e r w a s to be 

 erected. Much care wa > 

 necessary in selecting 

 the main poles, some of 

 which were skidded out 

 of dense thickets. Al- 

 together, over 2,600 lin. 

 ft. of poles was used. 

 The dimensions of the 

 fower are as follows : 

 base, 30 ft. square ; 

 p 1 a t f o r m top, 6 ft. 

 square ; height, 115 ft. 



"The main corner 

 poles averaged 16 in. in 

 diameter at the butts 

 and 4 in. at the tops. 

 They are spliced at 

 heights of 45 ft. and 

 100 ft. Each splice is 

 bolted and then bound 

 with bands of tele- 

 phone wire (see Fig. 

 ''> ) . The timbers are 

 fastened together with 

 l />-\n. lagscrews. The 

 floor is constructed of 

 2xii-in. lumber and the 

 rail is of 2x4-in. and 

 Ix4-in. lumber. With 

 these exceptions, no 

 sawed lumber was used 

 in the tower. FIGURE 2. 



"In raising the poles 

 a tree nearly 100 ft. in 



height was" used as a derrick mast; could not fall, and then stretch the 

 but since the top of this tree was not tackle for another pull, 

 stout enough above a height of 75 to 80 "The men of the crew had no pre- 

 ft. to carry much weight, some diffi- vi'ous experience in building towers and 

 culty was experienced in placing the were by no means expert climbers at first, 

 55-ft. poles upon the tops of the 45-ft. but they improved rapidly, so that before 

 ones below. the tower was completed, several of 



"With an abundance of rigging, a them were excellent men for high work. 



LOOKOUT TOWER SHOWINC, VETHOD 

 OF FRAMING. 



