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Union Lookout is a lookout tower located within Trail of Tears State Forest in Union County, Illinois, United States.The Civilian Conservation Corps built the tower circa 1934 as part of a network of fire lookout towers in Shawnee National Forest; the fire towers were one of many CCC conservation projects in the forest, which also included planting trees, constructing bridges and trails, and ...
400-foot transmitter tower located on Averil Peak, NY completely collapsed as a result of accumulation of ice and snow from the April 2007 Nor'easter. Partially damaged the transmitter building at the base. New tower erected and back in service Oct, 9 2007. Browns Summit Crown Castle Broadcasting Tower, Browns Summit, Texas, US May 29, 2007
There once were more than 10,000 fire lookout persons [1] staffing more than 5,000 of fire lookout towers or fire lookout stations in the United States alone. [2] Now there are far fewer of both. Also there are a number of fire lookout trees. The U.S. state of Wisconsin decided to close its last 72 operating fire lookout towers in 2016. [3]
More than 300 people in the Palomar area signed a petition protesting the location of a 125-feet cell phone tower at the corner of Man O War and Fort Harrods Road. ‘Our hands are tied.’
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said the fire burned some cell towers in the area, affecting service. The scope of the outage is unclear, but people in the area reported having trouble ...
The 2014 Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center fire was an incident in the United States involving arson [1] at an air traffic control facility in Aurora, Illinois [2] (also known as "Chicago Center"); [3] the incident caused close to 2,000 airline flights to be grounded. [4]
Video and images from four residents and obtained by the The Times appeared to show that before the Eaton fire exploded — scorching more than 14,100 acres, damaging and destroying more than ...
On July 23, 1984, an explosion and fire took place at a Union Oil Lemont Refinery in Romeoville, Illinois, outside Chicago, killing 17 people and causing major property damage. [2] The explosive force propelled the upper portion 14 metres (46 ft) of the vessel a distance of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from its original location, while the base ...