US
335, Oregon 37
Umpqua National Forest
Oregon
Elevation: 4828'
Coordinates: N43 15.881 W122 22.772
Administrative Unit: U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators: Diamond Lake Ranger District
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Prefabricated by the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company in 1950, Pig Iron
Lookout is probably one of a kind. No other examples of this kit have been
identified. Similar to an L-4, the 10' x 10' cab has 3' x 3' solid pane
windows and a catwalk atop a 10' wooden tower. This Umpqua National Forest
lookout, located a half mile below the summit to get a better view, has been restored and it is used as an emergency detection site.
Former lookout Gary Wilson has contributed the following information:
"I manned this lookout in the summer of 1951. At that time I believe it was
an L4 type cab. The usual paned windows were present and the shutter
assembly opened up for shading. It was a brand new lookout which allowed me
to do some painting and trimming of Douglas Fir trees felled to improve the
view. In 2001 or so I visited the site and found the cab to look similar to
the photo. There may have been a lookout structure at site before the
current structure. A friend of mine served as a lookout the previous summer
living in a tent near the site with an Osborne situated outside on a large
log. He joked that he wore out his shoes on one side due to the steep slope
he was working on. The current structure was built during this time and into
the Fall of 1950."
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