- City:
- Mount Rainier National Park, WA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Fire Lookouts
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Completed:
- 1933
- Designer:
- Edwin A. Nickel
Description
Mount Rainier was the nation’s fifth National Park, established 1899. During the Great Depression the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps greatly aided the park’s development. The CCC constructed numerous fire lookout towers, including that atop Tolmie Peak in 1933. Elevation: 5,939 feet.
Source notes
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2011/01/fire-lookouts-mount-rainier-national-park7466Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 12, 2015.
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