Talk:Enger Tower
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Elevation
[edit]This article has given several numbers for the tower's elevation above Lake Superior, all of which appear to be wrong. Outside sources also have errors. The USGS topographic maps show the ground elevation above sea level at the tower's base between the 1180 and 1190 foot contours (closer to the latter). The level of Lake Superior in recent years has been ~600-603 feet. So the base of the tower seems to be about 586-590' above the lake, not the 431, 531, or 1531 given at various times in the article history. The tower itself is reported to be 80' high.
I have removed the erroneous 1531' figure, and we cannot rely on the figure from Emporis or the other cited sources. We need a good source for the ground at the base (and the ground is not completely level there) and a specific and identified average figure for the lake level. Kablammo (talk) 14:47, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
Folly?
[edit]I just read the Folly article - I didn't know that so formalized a definition existed. I'd value your input - should the Enger Tower be categorized as a folly? Brain Rodeo (talk) 20:01, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
- I don't think so; although it was built in honor of Enger, it is an observation tower, and its appearance does not suggest otherwise. ~JGHFunRun (t ⋅ c) 18:47, 23 April 2026 (UTC)