| Mount Nimham | |
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  Mount Nimham Location of Mount Nimham within New York Show map of New York Mount Nimham Mount Nimham (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,273 feet (388 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 41°27′40″N73°43′30″W / 41.4612045°N 73.7251311°W /41.4612045; -73.7251311[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | NW ofCarmel,Putnam County,New York, U.S. |
| Topo map | USGSLake Carmel |
Mount Nimham is a 1,273-foot-tall (388 m)mountain inHudson Highlands ofNew York. It is located northwest ofCarmel inPutnam County. Nimham Mountain is named afterChief Daniel Nimham of theWappinger tribe. In 1940, an 82-foot-6-inch-tall (25.15 m) steel fire lookout tower was built on the mountain. The tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1988 fire lookout season and was officially closed the next year. The tower appears on the National Historic Lookout Register and is still open to the public.
Nimham Mountain was named afterChief Daniel Nimham of theWappinger tribe. The name was recently changed from "Ninham" to "Nimham" to correct a long-standing spelling error. In 1940, theCivilian Conservation Corps Camp P-135 ofPeekskill constructed an 82-foot-6-inch-tall (25.15 m) International Derrick steel fire lookout tower on the mountain. The tower was first staffed for fire lookout purposes in 1941, reporting 73 fires and 266 visitors. Due to the increased use of aerial fire detection, the tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1988 fire lookout season. The tower was officially closed in early 1989 by theNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation. In the mid-1990s, the town of Kent organized volunteers to restore the tower. The restoration work was completed in Spring 2005, with an official dedication ceremony on July 24, 2005. The tower appears on the National Historic Lookout Register; it is one of only a few towers in New York that still has the manufacturers identification tag, which reads: "THE INTERNATIONAL DERRICK & EQUIPMENT Company (IDECO) Columbus, Ohio - Los Angeles."[2]