New Hampshire Fire Towers
Mount Osceola Tower


Mount Osceola Tower
(Photo courtesy Iris Baird)

 

Town: Livermore
County: Carroll
Mountain or Hill: Mount Osceola
Height above sea level: 4326 FT
Tower Structure Height: 40'
Latitude: 44-00-10
Longitude: 71-32-19
First date of operation: 1910
Operating Agency: White Mtn. Nat. Forest
Type: Steel Tower


Other Photos

Mount Osceola Tower in 1923
(Photo courtesy Jack Kelley)

Mount Osceola Tower in 1913
(Photo courtesy Jack Kelley)

Notes

  • 1910 - 1958, rem. 1985.
  • The 1910 tower was funded by the NH Timberland Owners. In 1924 a new steel tower 22' high (to the OR floor) was built. In 1942 a new 40' steel tower was built to the east of the original site, with a type R-7 cab. It was dismantled and removed in 1985.

 


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