Buck Rock Fire Lookout #1
by Ivete Basso Photography
Title
Buck Rock Fire Lookout #1
Artist
Ivete Basso Photography
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Rock Formation is from Buck Rock Fire Lookout, Giant Sequoia National Monument, Visalia, California. After this point have a Lookout House in the top of the mountain. In 1914 the concept of building a lookout where the fire watcher could work and live was introduced. The cabin style was a 14 ft. x 14 ft. room surrounded on all sides by windows. Buck Rock Lookout, constructed in 1923. A series of ladders made of timber poles snakes along the rock, providing the fire watcher with a precarious climb to the cab. Access was finally made easier in 1942, when the stairway you see today was installed.
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July 22nd, 2023
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