Tippecanoe River State Park: Firetower – Winamac IN

City:
Winamac, IN

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Fire Lookouts

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1940

Description

The WPA constructed firetowers on steel frameworks to help protect the new plantings and existing forests. The firetower at Tippecanoe River State Park was completed in 1940 by WPA laborers. The firetower stands around 90′ tall.

Source notes

DNR Historic Site and Structures Inventory

Site originally submitted by Indiana Division of Historic Preservation/Nicole Cory on August 13, 2014.

Location Info

4200 N. U.S. 35
Winamac, IN 46996
Pulaski County

Coordinates: 41.113309, -86.592388

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