Cairo Skywatch Tower

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.^[2]: 5–6 In 1959, after the dissolution of the Civilian Ground Observation Corps, the watchtower was also abandoned.^[3]

Cairo Skywatch Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cairo Skywatch Tower, October 2008
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Location	County Road 850N at County Road 100W at Cairo, Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Coordinates	40°32′26″N 86°55′30″W
Area	0 acres (0 ha)
Built	1952 (1952)
NRHP reference No.	02000202[1]
Added to NRHP	March 21, 2002

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]