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La Cumbre Peak Lookout
US
882
,
California
92
Los Padres National Forest
Santa Barbara County, California
Elevation:
3975'
Coordinates:
N34.49456 W119.71261
Administrative Unit:
U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators:
Santa Barbara Ranger District
Date Certified:
6/19/2010
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This 20' L-1600 open K-brace steel tower has a one-off experimental flat-top cab design made of wood with angled windows. Foresthistory.org reports that "Just after the end of World War II, Keplar Johnson in Region 5 designed an 'experimental lookout' for La Cumbre Peak... The lookout was innovative, with a steel frame cab, columns, roof beams, ties, and girders. It also had sloped windows similar to those on airport control towers. The project was funded jointly by the Washington Office and Region 5. Compared with other lookouts, La Cumbre Peak was somewhat expensive, costing $6,500. With the loss of the CCC and lean budgets after the war, funding for similar projects was rare."
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