Savoy Tower Site
US 52, MA 52

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 52, MA 52 (view other lookout sites in United States, Massachusetts)
Date Registered September 4, 2008
Nominated by Henry Isenberg
Location Tower Mountain
Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Coordinates N 42° 36.119' W 073° 01.628' (view using Google Maps)
N 42° 36' 07" W 073° 01' 38"
N 42.601980° W 073.027130°
Elevation 2,370 ft (722 m)

Description

In 1913, a platform in a tree on Tower Mountain was used for fire detection. In 1914, a 35' wooden tower was built and used through 1915. At the end of the 1915 fire season, this site was abandoned and the primary Savoy site was switched to Borden Mountain.

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