Pocomoonshine Mountain Firetower – Princeton ME

City:
Princeton

Site Type:
Forestry and Agriculture, Fire Lookouts

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Started:
1934

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The first tower at the top was made of wood in 1918 and was fifty-six feet high. In 1934 the wooden tower was replaced by a sixty-three foot steel tower by the Indian Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp at Passamaquoddy reservation. The tower was dismantled in the 1980’s.

Source notes

Annual Report of the Forest Commissioner of the State of Maine

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on January 21, 2016.

Location Info

Pocomoonshine Mountain
Princeton, ME 04668
Washington County

Coordinates: 45.165073, -67.576109

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