BENTON
Illinois - Franklin County
September 12, 1975: An advertisement published in the 'Southern Illinoisan' offered an invitation to bid on the demolition of this lookout tower.
Removed
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - BENTON SO ILL FORESTRY LOT
PID - JB1749
STATE/COUNTY- IL/FRANKLIN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - REND LAKE DAM (1975)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (CAA)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 3.0 MILES NORTH OF BENTON, ABOUT 0.1
MILE WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY
37 AND ABOUT 100 YARDS NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN OFFICE BUILDING.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE COURT HOUSE SQUARE IN
BENTON, GO NORTH ON STATE
HIGHWAY 37 FOR 2.5 MILES TO THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
FORESTRY HEADQUARTERS ON LEFT, TURN
LEFT AND FOLLOW DRIVEWAY AROUND
BUILDINGS TO THE STATION AS DESCRIBED.
THE STATION IS A STANDARD 4 LEGGED STEEL FORESTRY TOWER WHICH IS 100
FEET HIGH.
THE POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE TOP CENTER OF THE ENCLOSED OBSERVATION
CABIN.