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Restored Oso Ridge LA-A Airway Beacon Light Tower Generator Site 61, 2011
The renovated exterior of the Oso Ridge generator hut, LA-A Site 61, completed on June 16, 2011. The cement slab in foreground is where the fire lookout tower stood in the previous images.
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Oso Ridge Fire Lookout and LA-A Airway Beacon Light Tower, Site 61, New Mexico, 2010
In 2011, the above generator site began undergoing restoration by the USDA-Forest Service “Passport In Time” program.
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Oso Ridge Fire Lookout and LA-A Airway Beacon Light Tower Intermediate, Site 61, New Mexico, 1944
Restoration volunteers are with the USDA-Forest Service “Passport In Time” program.
Coordinates are: 35° 2’17.30″N 108° 6’59.70″W
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Looking uphill towards the beacon generator site with the fire lookout tower in the background.
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Beacon generator site number 61 prior to start of restoration
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Elevation 9,098 feet with the old Oso Ridge generator shack to the right prior to restoration.
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Oso Ridge, New Mexico, fire lookout tower, elevation 9,098 feet,
2011
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“Passport In Time” volunteers working on site Oso Ridge, site 61 restoration.
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Looking towards beacon generator site number 61 with the fire lookout tower in the foreground.
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Thanks to the US Forest Service, “Passport In Time” volunteers who were involved with the restoration of generator hut, LA-A Site 61, completed June 16, 2011.
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Restored Oso Ridge LA-A Airway Beacon Light Tower Generator Site 61, 2011
The renovated exterior of the Oso Ridge generator hut, LA-A Site 61, completed on June 16, 2011.
![](http://www.atchistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NM_oso_ridge_restored2_site_61_2011.jpg)
“Passport In Time” volunteers working on site Oso Ridge, site 61 restoration
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Cibola National Forest, Oso Ridge Fire Lookout, elevation 9,098 feet
Above restoration was accomplished by the dedicated members of the Cibola County, New Mexico Historical Society
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Oso Ridge Fire Lookout and LA-A Airway Beacon Light Tower, Site 61, New Mexico.
Satellite view, 2012.
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Oso Ridge, New Mexico, beacon generator site entry door, 2012
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Oso Ridge, New Mexico, beacon generator site entry door sign, 2012