Ingraham Hill
{{Short description|Mountain in the Southern Tier of New York}}
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| elevation = {{convert|1824|ft}}
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| location = SSW of Binghamton, Broome County, New York, U.S.
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| topo = USGS Binghamton West
| map = New York Adirondack Park#USA
| map_caption = Location of Ingraham Hill within New York
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Ingraham Hill is a mountain in the Southern Tier of New York. It is located south-southwest of Binghamton in Broome County. The mountain contains the television and radio broadcast towers for the surrounding metropolitan area. The summit rises to an elevation of {{convert|1824|ft|m}}.{{cite web |url= {{GNIS3|953725}} |title= Ingraham Hill (Broome County, New York) |work= Geographic Names Information System |publisher= United States Geological Survey |accessdate= May 12, 2008}} These towers include TV stations WBNG, WICZ, WIVT, WSKG-TV and radio stations WNBF, WAAL, WWYL and many more. The towers are visible throughout the region.
History
In 1950, the Conservation Department built an {{convert|80|ft|m|-tall|adj=mid}} Aermotor LS40 steel fire lookout tower on the mountain. The tower was placed into service in 1951, reporting 6 fires and 39 visitors. Due to the increased use of aerial detection, the tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1970 fire lookout season. Sometime in the 1970s, the tower was sold to a local communications company, which removed the tower cab for use as a communications antenna tower. The tower was removed in the Fall of 2016, and the site is not open to the public.{{cite web |url = https://nysffla.org/alphalist.html |title = Searchable list of NY Fire Towers |website = nysffla.org |publisher = The New York State Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association |access-date = December 16, 2021}}
References
{{Mountains of New York}}
{{Fire lookout towers in New York}}