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Creator:
New York (State). Conservation Commission
Abstract:
The Conservation Commission was charged with creating fire districts and appointing forest rangers to oversee each district. This map of the Adirondack Forest and Adjoining Territory indicates the location and extent of fires caused by locomotives. Locomotives' coal burning engines were blamed in 1913 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Conservation Commission
Abstract:
This series consists of mostly glass plate negatives of topographic maps used in forest fire detection in the northern, central, and southern portions of the state. Observation rings, with observation stations or fire towers located at the center, are superimposed on the maps. Adjacent fire towers would .........
Repository:
New York State Archives