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	World War II, Princeton, MA -tower on Princeton Common Title World War II, Princeton, MA -tower on Princeton Common Full Size Image http://dlib.cwmars.org/cdm4/images/full_size/princeton/30.jpg Subject World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Massachusetts; Watchtowers; Commons--Massachusetts--Princeton; Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works Description Tower used to spot planes during World War II on the Princeton Town Common in Princeton, Massachusetts. It was used as a back-up to the tower on Mount Wachusett during foggy weather. Inside was a telephone to alert Hanscom Air Force Base. The tower was manned mostly by women and children. Publisher C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/ Date 1940-1950? Type Image Format image/jpg Identifier PHS-2003-JA-43-001 Source Image is taken from page 43 of Images of America: Princeton and Wachusett Mountain by Joyce Bailey Anderson. Language en-US Relation Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
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