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Jimna Fire Tower

Murgon-Kilcoy Road, Jimna

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Jimna Fire Tower (2013); Heritage Branch staff

Jimna Fire Tower (2013)

Jimna Fire Tower; Heritage Branch staff

Jimna Fire Tower

Jimna Fire Tower (2013); EHP

Jimna Fire Tower (2013)

In a clearing at the top of the Jimna Range on the Kilcoy Murgon Road stands the tallest fire tower in Queensland. It was completed in 1977 by Arthur Leis. Supported by three ironbark poles or 'legs', the Jimna fire tower reaches a height of 47 metres (pole length is 44 metres).The township of Jimna was established in 1922 as a company timber town. As the native forests were milled, they were replaced with hoop pine plantations from 1938. Construction of fire towers also began at this time. Arthur Leis commenced working for the Forestry Department in 1957. Until his retirement in 1991, Leis was responsible for the erection of over 20 Queensland fire towers. Leis designed and built the towers, cutting all the timber on site, and erecting them with the help of an off-sider and a block and tackle. Initially Leis' towers were conventional four legged designs. In 1967 he completed the first three-legged fire tower at Mount Binga near Cooyar. In 1968 the Department reported on 'the wisdom of converting to this type of structure, as costs per foot were about 25 per cent down on the 4-legged design, and the structure is very stable and firm'.

Coordinates: -26.6590723, 152.45232494

Full details of this heritage-registered place are in the Heritage register.

Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last reviewed
1 July 2022
Last updated
28 February 2023