MacAllester Fire Tower
US 49, MA 1

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 49, MA 1 (view other lookouts in United States, Massachusetts)
Date Registered November 28, 1993
Nominated by Henry Isenberg
Location Dover Land Trust Reserve
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Coordinates N 42° 13.416' W 071° 17.304' (view using Google Maps)
N 42° 13' 25" W 071° 17' 18"
N 42.223593° W 071.288396°
Elevation 413 ft (126 m)
Administered by Mass. Bureau of Forest Fire Control
Cooperators Mass. Bureau of Forest Fire Control, District 4

Description

Originally known as Dover Tower, the lookout was renamed in honor of Ralph W. MacAllester in 1993. The site has been used for fire detection since 1939. The present 60' steel tower was erected in 1953.

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