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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Fire Lookouts: Smoke Signals, Dynamite, Pigeons, Heliographs, Telephones and Radios

Fire Lookouts: Smoke Signals, Dynamite, Pigeons, Heliographs, Telephones and Radios

Kemnow, La Vaughn Vanderburg

Paperback

General World History

ISBN10: 0999606727
ISBN13: 9780999606728
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Nov 29 2017
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
When a smoke was detected by the lookout, it was not enough for that person to know; the information had to be conveyed to the person in charge of the fire fighters. Over the years, and in different locations, this could involve a horseback ride, heliograph, carrier pigeon, megaphone, flying a flag; or a lantern, telephone, short wave radio, and other methods. The historical information in these volumes is the culmination of many years of research of original documents by Ron Kemnow for his website, ronkemnow.weebly.com. Also included are many historical photographs. Some of the older photographs and picture postcards are of poor quality, but were included for their historical value. This book is not in narrative form, but is a collection of official reports, letters, and news articles, presented as they were originally written.

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