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621, Massachusetts 32
Town of Phillipston
Worcester County, Massachusetts
Elevation: 1348'
Coordinates: N42 32 40 W72 10 19
Administrative Unit: Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation
Cooperators: Mass. Bureau of Forest Fire Control, District 8
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The first Phillipston Fire Tower was a 68’ iron tower opened in 1928 on
land owned by the Harvard University forestry program. It too fell a
casualty of the 1938 hurricane. A temporary wood tower was erected while the
present 68’ steel tower with 10x’10’ wooden cab was constructed in 1939.
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