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lookout tower

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lookout tower [′lu̇k‚au̇t ‚tau̇ยทər]
(engineering)
In marine operations, any tower surmounted by a small house in which a watch is habitually kept, as distinguished from an observation tower in which no watch is kept.


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Now it's time to head over to the Forest Ranger Lookout Tower and hike the forest at Caring for the Land/Camp Smokey.
Design: The Miller/Hull Partnership of Seattle designed the buildings, fire lookout tower and bridge.
nbsp;by Matti Sanaksenaho with a timber structure clad in copper, and the lookout tower in Helsinki by Ville Hara composed of a strong but light meshed shell structure of timber strips (AR December 2003).
 
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