User:Neighborhoodpalmreader/sandbox/telescope hill

temporary sandbox page to compile information on Telescope Hill, probably to be added to Selden, New York article.

http://www.beebehill.info/towers/towers1.htm

Location: Telescope Hill - 1 mile south of the Selden. Status: Removed.

The structure on Telescope Hill was a 60' Aermotor LS40 tower erected by the Conservation Commission in 1918 and was operational in 1919.

As World War II began, an additional cab was constructed within the tower framework and below the original cab. No additional height was added to the tower. The original cab was used by Civil Defense observers, while the lower, newly constructed, cab was used for fire spotting.

The tower was closed in 1959 when the Conservation Department withdrew from active participation in forest fire control activities on Long Island.

This structure was dismantled and removed in 1960 by a local demolition contractor.