Cairo Skywatch Tower
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Cairo Skywatch Tower, October 2008
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Location | County Road 850N at County Road 100W at Cairo, Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 40°32′26″N 86°55′30″W / 40.54056°N 86.92500°WCoordinates: 40°32′26″N 86°55′30″W / 40.54056°N 86.92500°W |
Area | 0 acres (0 ha) |
Built | 1952 |
NRHP Reference # | 02000202 |
Added to NRHP | March 21, 2002 |
Cairo Skywatch Tower, also known as Delta Lima 3 Green Ground Observation Tower, is a historic watchtower located in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1952, and is a 40-foot tall wooden structure. It once had a glass-enclosed office. It was the first officially commissioned rural skywatch tower by the United States Air Force's Civilian Ground Observation Corps under the Operation Skywatch program.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.