Flint Ridge fire tower, fire tower in background, single pen log structure in foreground, wood shank roof, outside end stone chimney, dovetail construction
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire hazard reduction, removal of dead underbrush to prevent rapid spread of fire in case of fire, one half mile west of Goblin Knob tract no. 116, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire hazard reduction, removal of dead underbrush to prevent rapid spread of fire in case of fire, one half mile west of Goblin Knob tract no. 116, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Chestnut slash cut January 1935 in area logged about 1927, slash not flattened or scattered, Fire Hazard Reduction, Chasteen Creek, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Chestnut slash cut January 1935 in area logged about 1927; slash not flattened or scattered,Fire Hazard Reduction; Chasteen Creek, IV-Z-4368, Miscellaneous
1935-03-22
Kings Mountain RDP Fire Control Plan
South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Scale: 1" = 1000'
Fire protection, view of new steel lookout tower at Hickory Cabin from old wooden structure that has been used as a fire tower in the past, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Heavy cutting in an area of thick chestnut sprouts. Cutting a little too intense. Fire Hazard Reduction, Newfound Gap Highway, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Heavy cutting in an area of thick chestnut sprouts...Cutting a little too intense.Fire Hazard Reduction; Newfound Gap Highway, IV-Z-4382, Miscellaneous
1935-03-26
Fire protection, close up of connection of lightening conductor and men filling ditches in which new steel look out tower at hickory cabin is grounded to, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, view of new steel lookout tower at Hickory Cabin from old wooden structure that has been used as a fire tower in the past, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Hunting Island State Park Truck Trail for Fire Protection (West Shore)
South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Scale: 3/32" = 1'-0"
Hikers, possibly members of Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, rest on Blanket Mountain Fire Tower, circa 1928
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Hikers, possibly members of Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, rest on Blanket Mountain Fire Tower; Blanket Mountain Fire Tower; II-B-(1)-17589.Hikers, possibly members of Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, rest on Blanket Mountain Fire Tower,Blanket Mountain Fire Tower, II-B-(1)-17589
Circa 1928
Decay of slash study. Fire Hazard Reduction, White Oak Ridge, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Decay of slash study...Sound dead chestnut cut at end of February 1935- on north slope. Photo taken from birch root growing over a rock pile along the north side of the top of the ridge. Material not scattered at directed...Most of the smaller debris fairly flat.Fire Hazard Reduction; White Oak Ridge, IV-Z-4384, Miscellaneous
1935-03-18
Cutting here mostly for aesthetic reasons. Fire hazard very high due to spruce slash. Fire Hazard Reduction, State Line, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cutting here mostly for aesthetic reasons...Fire hazard very high due to spruce slash. Almost impossible to travel through the area except by trail, or the old RR grade. Dead snags, mostly spruce, probably injured during logging...They were probably decayed some at the time of logging and not worth cutting.Fire Hazard Reduction; State Line, IV-Z-4383, Miscellaneous
1935-04-04
Both dead and living chestnut were cut here. Fire Hazard Reduction, Chasteen Creek, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Both dead and living chestnut were cut here. The living chestnut was all diseased and would be dead in three years or less...Cuting to thick for a slope as thick with chestnut and on as steep a slope...Area logged about 1927. Only dead chestnut should be cut to hold down sprouting...Debris not scattered. SE exposure...Cut in January 1935. X" painted on oak stump from which picture was taken.", Fire Hazard Reduction; Chasteen Creek, IV-Z-4369, Miscellaneous
1935-03-22
In same area as preceding picture (V-X-4370) on wet site. Fire Hazard Reduction, Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cut March 1935. W exposure. Damp...Area logged about 1925 and burned over; the fire probably burned most of the logging slash, but the large logs from logging are well decayed in ten years. Slash from fire hazard reduction flattened and scattered...In same area as preceding picture (V-X-4370) on wet site.Fire Hazard Reduction; Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, IV-Z-4371, Miscellaneous
1935-03
Picture taken from Highway 107, above Camp NP-5. (Kephart Prong) Downed timber and logs from FHR work done in 1934 becoming almost invisible from the road. Fire Hazard Reduction, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Picture taken from Highway 107, above Camp NP-5. (Kephart Prong) Downed timber and logs from FHR work done in 1934 becoming almost invisible from the road.Fire Hazard Reduction, IV-Z-4381, Miscellaneous
1937-01
Holding map is Oliver G. Taylor, Chief Engineer, J.R. Eakin, Supt., Arthur P. Miller, USPHS, Inspectors at Fire Tower, 1931
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Holding map is Oliver G. Taylor, Chief Engineer; J.R. Eakin, Supt. Arthur P. Miller, USPHS. Inspectors at Fire Tower; IV-P-16420, Miscellaneous - Personnel.Holding map is Oliver G. Taylor, Chief Engineer; J.R. Eakin, Supt. Arthur P. Miller, USPHS.Inspectors at Fire Tower, IV-P-16420, Miscellaneous - Personnel
1931
On top of a small ridge above the double bridge on the Bradley Fork ridge. Fire Hazard Reduction, Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On top of a small ridge above the double bridge on the Bradley Fork ridge...Cut March 1935...Area logged about 1925 and burned over; the fire probably burned most of the logging slash. Little small slash...large log from logging well decayed in ten years. Fire Hazard Reduction; Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, IV-Z-4370, Miscellaneous
1935-03
Dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up, and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood, fire hazard reduction, circa 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up, and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood. Fire Hazard Reduction; III-C-CCC-16575, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp .Dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up, and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood.Fire Hazard Reduction, III-C-CCC-16575, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp
Circa 1936
The dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood, Spruce Mountain, fire hazard reduction, circa 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: The dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood. Spruce Mt. Fire Hazard Reduction; III-C-CCC-16574, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp .The dead chestnut trees were cut down, piled up and burned, thus reducing the danger of forest fires in the dead and dry wood. Spruce Mt.Fire Hazard Reduction, III-C-CCC-16574, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp
Circa 1936
