Meenahga Mountain is a
mountain located in
Adirondack Mountains of
New York
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. It is located in the northeast of the hamlet of
Paul Smiths in
Franklin County. The mountain is the site of a Aermotor LS40 fire lookout tower.
History
In 1927,
Conservation Department Forest Ranger Albert Tebeau built a Aermotor LS40 tower on the mountain for the Adirondack-Florida School. Ranger Tebeau built most of the early fire observation stations in the northern Adirondack Mountains. The tower was mostly used for the school, but was used as a fire observation station in times of high fire danger through an agreement with the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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. The tower still remains but is on private land and is closed to the public.
References
Mountains of Franklin County, New York
Mountains of New York (state)
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