MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
COLERAINE
Itasca County
State
55N-25W-1
State
55N-25W-1
1929: A lookout tower was constructed.
FY1935-36: "An antenna was erected on the Coleraine lookout about five miles northeast of Grand Rapids. The station test to this tower proved satisfactory." (Third Biennial Report of the Commission of Conservation)
DESIGNATION - COLERAINE LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - SJ2055
STATE/COUNTY- MN/ITASCA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BOVEY (1969)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (CIA)
POINT OBSERVED UPON IS THE FINIAL ATOP FIRE TOWER LOCATED 4.5
MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS AND 1.0 MILE SOUTHWEST OF
COLERAINE.
STATION REACHED FROM COLERAINE (JUNCTION U.S. HIGHWAY 169 AND
ROOSEVELT AVENUE) BY GOING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ON HIGHWAY 169
FOR 1.6 MILES TO TOWER ON RIGHT. TOWER IS ABOUT 250 FEET NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 169 AND 150 FEET SOUTH OF NORTH-SOUTH SECTION-LINE
ROAD.
TOWER IS 95 FEET HIGH AND WAS BUILD IN 1931.