Sunderland Tower in 2016
(photo courtesy Jack Kelley)

Town: Sunderland
County: Franklin
Mountain or Hill: Mount Toby
Height above sea level: 1269 FT
Tower Structure Height: 68 FT
Latitude: 42-29-27
Longitude: 72-32-17
First date of operation: Sep 1, 1923
Type: Steel Tower

• This is currently an active state tower
• In 1923, an open wooden tree platform is used.
• Later in 1923, a group of women from Sunderland burned down the crow's nest. A 58 FT tower was purchased by the Massachusetts Agricultural College and erected by the Forestry Department in the summer of 1923
• This tower was destroyed in the great hurricane of 1938
• In 1939, a new 68 FT tower is built
• In 1947, two-way radios are installed
• The tower erected in 1939 is also destroyed in a hurricane in 1950
• In 1951, a replacement tower is erected
• In 1966, a new cab and fence is built
• In 2002, a new cab was built