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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.
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| NOTE: The tower will be closed to public use during this restoration. |
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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
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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