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Reg #’s US 864, AL 43
32°01’51.6″N 88°16’14.6″W
Choctaw County Al.
Butler Mountain sits atop a 428′ Elevation
Butler Mountain Lookout Tower is a 100’Aermotor MC-39 with a 7’x7′ metal cab. It was constructed in 1948.
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Reg. #’s US 865, AL 44
32.123744, -88.358121
Scott Mountain Tower is located in Choctaw County Al.
This is a 120′ Aermotor MC-39 model.
It was completed in 1949.
It sits at an elevation of 504′
https://rumble.com/vcat2r-scott-mountain-tower-choctaw-county-al..html
Registry #’s US 866, AL 45
32°09’43.1″N 88°09’16.7″W
Allison Fire Tower is also known as Rudder Hill Tower
According to the National Historic Registry, “Allison Hill Lookout Tower is a 100′ International Derrick tower with a 7’x7′ cab. It was constructed in 1953 by the Allison Lumber Company as a replacement for their earlier wooden Rudder Hill Tower.”
Registry # US 1415, AL 74
Located just outside of Grove Hill Alabama at the Office of the Alabama Forestry Commission office.
31.7356560, -87.7573020
https://rumble.com/vc8t35-grove-hill-fire-tower.html
Registry # US 863, AL 42
Located near Chatom Al in Washington County
31.531052,-88.247412
Described by the National Registry, Jordan Fire Tower was built in 1935 by the CCC. It is an 100′ Aermotor MC-29 structure with a 7’x7′ cab.
If you have info on this tower please share it in the comments section.
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US 851, AL 30
30.702260, -87.774990
Simerly Fire Tower was built in 1963.
It is located on Al hwy 59 South of Stapleton Al.
Thousands of people pass Simerly Tower every day traveling to and from the beaches in Southern Baldwin county al.
Simerly is the Southern most tower in Alabama.
It is a 100′ Aermotor MC-39 tower it replaced a 91′ creosote lookout tower.
If you have any info on this tower’s history please comment below.
Registry # US 853, AL 32
Blacksher Tower is located on Tower Road ESE of Uriah Alabama.
It is in Monroe County, Alabama
31°19’12.0″N 87°33’36.0″W
This tower was constructed in 1941.
Blacksher is a 120′ It is an International Derrick tower with 7’x7′ cab.
It was started by CC Camp 1485 and completed by the AFC.
Blacksher Tower near Uriah was last manned by Forest Rangers Ernest Johnson and Johnny Kline. Blacksher Tower was manned until around 1988.
The following information was graciously shared by his daughter of Mr Ernest Johnson, Judy Johnson Hendrix. “Ernest A. Johnson began working with the Forestry Commission as a forest patrolman at Blacksher Firetower in October, 1963. He retired in March, 1990 having reached the rank of forest ranger. My mother, Bendia Johnson, worked as the towerman that first fire season (fall and winter.) When it was not fire season, the state did not employ a towerman, the patrolman would man the tower. We lived in a four-room house (owned by the state) near the foot of the tower. When we first moved there, the only indoor plumbing was a cold water pipe to the kitchen sink. (We did eventually get an indoor bathroom.) Around 1985, the state decided to no longer maintain these houses, so my parents vacated the house. I have many fond memories growing up at Blacksher Firetower. I served as part-time towerman from the time I turned 16 until I graduated from high school, November, 1966 to June, 1969. My sister, Kathy Johnson Anthony replaced me.”
Mr Will McKinley served on it before then Mr Johnson.
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