New Hampshire Fire Towers
Pitcher Mountain Tower


Pitcher Mountain Tower in 2005
(Photo courtesy Iris Baird)

 

Town: Stoddard
County: Cheshire
Mountain or Hill: Pitcher Mountain
Height above sea level: 2163 FT
Tower Structure Height: 25'
Latitude: 43-05-68
Longitude: 72-08-08
First date of operation: 1915
Operating Agency: NH Forestry Service
Type: Steel Tower


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Notes

  • 1915 - present.
  • Built in 1915 by the NH Forestry Commission. The open wood tower was replaced by a 25' steel tower in 1925. The ground cabin and tower cab burned in the 1941 Stoddard-Marlow fire. They were replaced in 1933. With repairs, it remains in service.

 


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