fire tower

a tower, as on a mountain, from which a watch for fires is kept.

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First recorded in 1820–30

Also that a representation of it may now be seen upon "the fire-tower of Brechin."
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors|Kersey Graves
He took his blanket and his rifle, and, closing his cabin door, climbed to the fire-tower.
The Young Wireless Operator--As a Fire Patrol|Lewis E. Theiss
Thetis seems to have been a transposition of the same name, and was probably a Pharos, or Fire-tower, near the sea.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)|Jacob Bryant
"The fire-tower is on one side of her; the scullery closet on the other," said the matron.
The Slayer Of souls|Robert Chambers

There is an old Genoese tower between Pera and Galata which has been made into a fire-tower.
Miscellanea|Juliana Horatia Ewing