Oat Mountain Lookout - 1926
Registry Numbers | US 1787, CA 33 (view other lookout sites in United States, California) |
Date Registered | November 3, 2019 |
Nominated by | Brad Eells |
Location | Los Angeles County, California |
Coordinates |
N 34° 19.791' W 118° 36.058' (view using Google Maps) N 34° 19' 47" W 118° 36' 03" N 34.329848° W 118.600962° |
Elevation | 3,748 ft (1,142 m) |
Built | 1923 |
Removed | Unknown |
Administered by | Los Angeles County Fire Department |
Oat Mountain Lookout was completed in 1923, a 30 foot X-Brace steel tower with an 8x8 observation cabin. It is unknown if a residence cabin was built on the site.
The original structure was eventually replaced by a telephone relay tower with a lookout cabin built on top. The lookout continued in use through at least 1968. KABC-TV has installed a Doppler 7000 weather radar dome on top of the former lookout cabin.
Lookout on top of telephone relay building - 1963
Spiral staircase used to access the lookout cabin
Oat Mountain today with KABC Doppler 7000 radar atop the cab structure
Los Angeles County fire detection system article - 1928