CRANE
Missouri Lookouts - Iron County - Clark National Forest - 32N-4E-8
Removed
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1938 (CDM)
POINT OBSERVED UPON WAS CENTER OF UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE
TOWER.
STATION IS LOCATED ON HIGHEST PART OF CRANE MOUNTAIN, 8 MILES
SOUTH OF IRONTON AND 4 MILES EAST OF GLOVER, 24.45 METERS,
80.2 FEET SOUTH OF TRIANGULATION STATION CRANE MTN. A 100-FOOT
FOUR-SIDED STEEL TOWER WITH ENCLOSED TOP FOR LOOKOUT.
OBSERVED UPON FROM TRIANGULATION STATIONS CRANE MTN, EVANS MTN,
BLACK MTN., KNOBLICK AND BUZZARD.
STATION RECOVERY (1956)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956 (WRH)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES AIRLINE SOUTH OF IRONTON
IN THE CLARK NATIONAL FOREST.
THE TOWER IS OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION, 110 FEET HIGH, WITH
AN 8 FOOT SQUARE HOUSE ON TOP. THE APEX OF THE ROOF WAS
INTERSECTED.