Ruidoso Lookout Tower

Ruidoso Lookout Tower
Location Lincoln National Forest, Ruidoso, New Mexico
Coordinates 33°19′54″N 105°39′43″W / 33.33167°N 105.66194°W / 33.33167; -105.66194Coordinates: 33°19′54″N 105°39′43″W / 33.33167°N 105.66194°W / 33.33167; -105.66194
Area less than one acre
Built 1940 (1940)
MPS National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
NRHP reference # 87002485[1]
NMSRCP # 1447
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 27, 1988
Designated NMSRCP March 4, 1988

Ruidoso Lookout Tower was completed in 1940 by the U.S. Forest Service to serve as a fire lookout tower within Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico, United States. It remains in active use for detection of urban/suburban fires in the town of Ruidoso, which has grown over the years to surround the tower. The structure is a 30’ Aermotor tower with metal catwalks and is topped with a 14’x14’ wooden cab.[2]

The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places,[1] as well as the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties.[3]

The first detonation of a nuclear device by the Manhattan Project at Trinity Site was observed by Herbert Lee Traylor,[4] the forest ranger on duty at the Ruidoso Lookout tower at the time of the explosion.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Ruidoso Lookout Tower". nhlr.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  3. ↑ "New Deal Properties Listed in the State Register of Cultural Properties" (pdf). Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  4. ↑ Traylor, Herbert Lee. Tales of the Sierra Blanca: Stories of Long Ago. Pioneer Publishing Company, 1983.


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