INGALLS MOUNTAIN
Flathead County - Flathead National Forest - 30N-25W-14
October 9, 1930: "Completion of the first steel lookout tower in the Blackfeet forest is reported by W.M. Nagel, supervisor. The tower is on Ingalls mountain, three and one-half miles from the guard station at Star Meadows, southwest of Kalispell.
The tower stands 35 feet high and measures 12 feet square at the base. It is constructed entirely of steel except for the floor in the tower enclosure at the top. The tower observation chamber measures six and one-half feet square and is equipped with four large glass windows, arranged so the lookout may have an unobstructed observation in any direction.
Four girders mounted in concrete blocks anchored to a rock foundation support the observation chamber and steel struts, similar to those in windmills, brace the structure.
Supervisor Nagel says the new towers are much more durable than wooden ones and provide additional safety in lightning and high wind. He believes they will be used extensively throughout the forests in a few years.
Steel has been delivered to Davis mountain, south of Trego, where a tower 62 feet high will be erected next spring. The towers do not take the place of lookout cabins, but are provided for observation work only. They are of particular advantage on flat top mountains." (Independent - Helena)
The tower stands 35 feet high and measures 12 feet square at the base. It is constructed entirely of steel except for the floor in the tower enclosure at the top. The tower observation chamber measures six and one-half feet square and is equipped with four large glass windows, arranged so the lookout may have an unobstructed observation in any direction.
Four girders mounted in concrete blocks anchored to a rock foundation support the observation chamber and steel struts, similar to those in windmills, brace the structure.
Supervisor Nagel says the new towers are much more durable than wooden ones and provide additional safety in lightning and high wind. He believes they will be used extensively throughout the forests in a few years.
Steel has been delivered to Davis mountain, south of Trego, where a tower 62 feet high will be erected next spring. The towers do not take the place of lookout cabins, but are provided for observation work only. They are of particular advantage on flat top mountains." (Independent - Helena)