CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A 97-year-old dilapidated bird observation tower in storage for two decades will soon be returned to its original purpose.

Pioneering ornithologist Althea Sherman’s ingenious chimney swifts’ tower, constructed in 1915 in the Clayton County town of National, will be restored and erected, perhaps as soon as next year, at a historic Cedar County nature preserve.

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