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Lookouts we can't place yet in Rhode Island
5 lookouts in Rhode Island are named by our sources, but none says where they stood, so they are not on the map. Know where one stood? Use its Suggest a location button: it opens a short form on GitHub with the lookout filled in.
The list
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Cranston
Providence County, Rhode Island
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No hill or ridge of this name in the county, but there is a town: Cranston. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Cranston on the map.
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Durfee Hill (Burrillville)
Providence County, Rhode Island
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
A lookout already on the map stands 29 m from Durfee Hill: Blackstone Valley Tower Site. It may be this one under another name.
Suggest a location for Durfee Hill (Burrillville) (opens GitHub)
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Shannock Hill (Richmond)
Newport County, Rhode Island
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
The USGS gazetteer has no hill, ridge or town of this name in the county.
Suggest a location for Shannock Hill (Richmond) (opens GitHub)
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Tower Hill Tower Site
Providence County, Rhode Island
Listed by FFLOS (opens another site), FFLA (opens another site), FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
The USGS gazetteer has no hill, ridge or town of this name in the county.
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Woonsocket Tower Site
Providence County, Rhode Island
Listed by FFLOS (opens another site)
No hill or ridge of this name in the county, but there is a town: Woonsocket. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Woonsocket on the map.