Beacon, 24-inch rotating, with green course lights flashing characteristic “2” (._). Beacon, boundary, approach, and obstruction lights. Directional arrow marked “12 P-S.” Pole line to N., beacon tower to NW. Irregular shape, 2,400 feet E./W., 2,000 feet NW./SE., sod, level, natural drainage entire field available.
It’s pretty sleepy now, the only activity is a local drone company that does it’s testing there.ĭepartment of Commerce intermediate field, site 12, Portland-Spokane Airway. It was also used as an Army Air Force auxilliary field in WW2. The airport was listed in the Dept of Commerce listings in 1931 as a DOCILF (Dept of Commerce intermediate landing field). No trace of a concrete arrow could be found on the site. If you look closely you can see some faint numbers on the roofs of the sheds for the Portland-Spokane Airway, part of the C.A.M. Photos and information submitted by David A. There is also a self guided recorded audio tour narrated by Ben Silko, a former LNR FSS specialist who retired in 1977. The interior has been restored to what it looked like in the late 1930’s, complete with teletype and old radio equipment. Notice the plaque on the front wall (see below). Around 1985 both buildings were again moved, this time to Oshkosh, WI and the EAA’s “Pioneer Airport” exhibit, part of the EAA museum.Īnother view of the original Mauston/Lone Rock FSS facility building.
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The generator building continued to house the emergency generator for Lone Rock FSS (LNR) right up to the day the facility closed. Sometime in the late 1940’s or early 50’s, the facility was replaced by a larger building, but the original facility building was maintained and used as a storage room. The one on the right was the generator room. The building on the left was the actual facility. At that time, Mauston was decommissioned and the buildings moved to Lone Rock, WI. It was in that location from the early to mid 1920’s to approximately 1928. This picture is of the two buildings that comprised the Mauston Aeronautical Light Station in Mauston, Wisconsin. Mauston Aeronautical Light Station, Wisconsin, 1920’s
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