In 1952 the US Air Force commissioned the construction of an observation tower in Cairo, which was built by local volunteers. Manned twenty-four hours a day, observers kept watch for enemy aircraft until being the advent of the national radar system.
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^ abcU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cairo, Indiana
cairo, indiana, cairo, unincorporated, community, tippecanoe, township, tippecanoe, county, state, indiana, unincorporated, communitytippecanoe, county, location, indianacairolocation, tippecanoe, countycoordinates, 54083, 92472, 54083, 92472countryunited, sta. Cairo is an unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township Tippecanoe County in the U S state of Indiana 1 Cairo IndianaUnincorporated communityTippecanoe County s location in IndianaCairoLocation in Tippecanoe CountyCoordinates 40 32 27 N 86 55 29 W 40 54083 N 86 92472 W 40 54083 86 92472CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyTippecanoeTownshipTippecanoeElevation 1 689 ft 210 m Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP code47906Area code765GNIS feature ID431946 1 The community is part of the Lafayette Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area Skywatch Tower edit nbsp Cairo Skywatch TowerIn 1952 the US Air Force commissioned the construction of an observation tower in Cairo which was built by local volunteers Manned twenty four hours a day observers kept watch for enemy aircraft until being the advent of the national radar system References edit a b c U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Cairo Indiana nbsp This Tippecanoe County Indiana location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cairo Indiana amp oldid 1209557493, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
