The Big Springs Lookout Tower is a
fire lookout tower
A fire lookout tower, fire tower, or lookout tower is a tower that provides housing and protection for a person known as a " fire lookout", whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness. It is a small building, usually on the summit ...
in
Kaibab National Forest
Kaibab National Forest (, ) borders both the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon, in north-central Arizona. Its 1.6 million acres (650,000 ha) is divided into three sections: the ''North Kaibab Ranger District'' (offices in Fredonia), the ...
near
Big Springs, Arizona. The tower was built in 1934 for the
U.S. Forest Service
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering of land. The major divisions of the agency are the Chief's ...
by contractors from
. The steel tower is tall and features a square cab at the top. A wood-frame cabin is located near the base of the tower; the cabin was built in 1959 to replace an older log cabin.
The tower was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1988.
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See also
* Big Springs Ranger Station
References
External links
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{{National Register of Historic Places
Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
Government buildings completed in 1934
Towers completed in 1934
Buildings and structures in Coconino County, Arizona
Kaibab National Forest
1934 establishments in Arizona
National Register of Historic Places in Coconino County, Arizona