A century ago in the summer of 1924, Berkeley had completed a fire watchtower on Grizzly Peak, and it was announced on Aug. 1 that year that the tower had a telephone courtesy of Pacific Telephone and ...

The restoration of the Harlem Fire Watchtower in North Manhattan, which took two years to complete, required new cross bracing. Images: Courtesy of Thornton Tomasetti In the 1800s, firefighters in New ...

Maine (WMTW) - Maine is full of history. Did you know that the first continually operated fire tower in the country was right here in Maine? The tower at the top of what is now known as Big Moose ...

KCRW Reports Line Fire destroys historic lookout tower in SoCal. Can they rebuild? The Line Fire has scorched The Keller Peak Fire Lookout Tower, which has been around for nearly 100 years, making it ...

NEW YORK — Four years ago things were not looking good for the Harlem fire watchtower. The Miraculous Revival of the Last Fire Watchtower (Built in 1856) The 47-foot-tall, cast-iron structure in ...