Odd Inn of the Day: Clear Lake Lookout - Mt. Hood National Forest - Oregon

Odd Inn of the Day: Clear Lake Lookout - Mt. Hood National Forest -
Oregon                                               The original Clear
Lake lookout was built by the Forest Service in 1932, and was on a 100
foot tower. In 1962 it was replaced with the present lookout. The
lookout is an "R-6 Flat Top" style cabin, a design introduced in 1953 as
the last generation of fire lookouts in the region. The design, which
includes a flat, tarred roof, originated in the Pacific Northwest and
was designed to alleviate costs and hazards associated with re shingling
the roofs typical of earlier style lookouts. Window shutters, a feature
of earlier lookouts, were eliminated in this new design, and an extra
foot of dimension added over previous lookouts (15 x 15 ft.). These
newer lookouts used plywood as a construction element, another new
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