TEXAS LOOKOUTS
CAMDEN
Polk County
Removed
DESIGNATION - CAMDEN LOOKOUT
PID - BL0723
STATE/COUNTY- TX/POLK
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CAMDEN (1984)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (CAS)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2.5 MILES S OF THE VILLAGE OF CAMDEN,
ON PROMINENT HILL THAT IS THICKLY WOODED. THE STATION MARK
IS CENTERED UNDER THE BOLT IN THE APEX OF THE ROOF OF THE
LOOKOUT HOUSE. THE DISTANCES TO THE INSIDE ANCHOR BOLTS IN
THE CONCRETE FOOTINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS--TO THE SE BOLT, 14.34 FEET.
TO THE SW BOLT, 14.00 FEET. TO THE NW BOLT, 13.58 FEET.
TO THE NE BOLT, 13.72 FEET. THESE DISTANCES ARE SLOPE. THE
MARK PROJECTS 3 INCHES.
TO REACH FROM CAMDEN AT THE COMMISSARY. GO EASTERLY FOR 0.3
MILE, CROSSING TWO RAILROAD TRACKS, TO CROSSROADS. FOLLOW
MIDDLE ROAD 0.3 MILE TO SCHOOLHOUSE ON RIGHT, THERE TAKE LEFT
FORK AND GO 0.7 MILE TO RAILROAD, CONTINUE 0.1 MILE TO ANOTHER
RAILROAD, CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD 1.65 MILES TO T-ROAD, TAKE
LEFT FORK AND GO 0.25 MILE TO TOWER.
STATION RECOVERY (1949)
THE LOOKOUT TOWER THAT WAS OVER THE STATION IN 1935 HAS SINCE
BEEN TORN DOWN AND ONLY THE CONCRETE FOOTINGS REMAIN. TWO
NEW REFERENCE MARKS AND AN AZIMUTH MARK WERE ESTABLISHED.