New Hampshire Fire Towers
Federal Hill Tower


Federal Hill Tower
(Photo courtesy Iris Baird)

 

Town: Milford
County: Nillsborough
Mountain or Hill: Federal Hill
Height above sea level: 732 FT
Tower Structure Height: 75'
Latitude: 42-48-26
Longitude: 71-37-83
First date of operation: 1911
Operating Agency: NH Forestry Service
Type: Steel Tower


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Notes

  • 1911-present
  • A temporary lookout in 1911, with a tree tower. A new 45' steel tower and permanent station established in 1929 with an enclosed cab. The tower was repaired several times, and raised. It blew down in the 1938 hurricane and a new 75' steel tower replaced it.

 


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