The Mount Beacon Fire Tower
Restoration Project

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Important Notice!
Ceremony to acknowledge the Centennial Anniversary of lookout fire towers in New York State and the recent news involving Mt Beacon Fire Tower, will take place on Tuesday July 28, 2009. The ceremony will start at 10AM at the Mt Beacon Gateway Park (corner of Howland Ave & Wolcott Ave - Route 9D).

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Read the July 9, 2008 Poughkeepsie Journal Article

The Mount Beacon Incline Railway Society has set up an account to accept donations.

Checks should be made payable to MBIRRS c/o Fire Tower.

P.O. Box 1248
Attention: Fire Tower Restoration Fund
Beacon, NY 12508

For answers about the project, please write to Dave Rocco at Dave@beaconfiretower.org.

NOTE: The tower will be closed to public use during this restoration.
2009 is the Centennial Anniversary Celebration of Fire Towers in New York State

The fire tower stands guard over this site, and deserves to be preserved. A grassroots group of volunteers understands this, and the rest of the community should help it in this worthwhile effort. - Poughkeepsie Journal, March 7, 2006

Mount Beacon Fire Tower was built in 1931 on the site of an earlier structure and was used by the State of New York to spot fires for five decades.

Fire towers once served an important role in protecting our forests and natural heritage. Numbers of them dot ridges throughout the Hudson Valley and other parts of New York State. Our fire tower stands on South Beacon Mountain at 1650' and has been a treasured hiking destination for years.


Photo by Dave Rocco (c) 2008

The Mt Beacon Fire Tower Restoration Committee would like to thank our continued sponsor: Mount Beacon Incline Railway Society

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