Fire Control Tower List
This is a list of all the Fire Control Stations used during WWII. Most of these structures were built from 1942-1944 but some were built earlier and they are included because they were used through WWII. This list does not include temporary stations which may have been built before the completion of a permanent tower.
MAINE
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Location | Batteries Served | Style | Construction Date | Features | Notes |
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Fort Baldwin ME | Battery Steele-Upper | Square Tower | 1942 | Anti Aircraft Observation Post | Most northern FC structure in Portland
Open occasionally | |
Small Point ME |
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Square Tower | 1942 | Anti-Aircraft Observation Post
Fire Control Switchboard A temporary station was built here for the 155mm battery at Fort Baldwin |
Private Property | |
Bailey Island ME | Site 1C:
Site 1B:
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Both Square Towers | 1943 | Site 1C housed a radar for Battery Steele and Anti-Aircraft Observation Post | Private Property | |
Jewell Island ME | Site 1D:
Site 1B:
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One square tower and one disguised as a castle tower | Site-1D: 1943
Site: 1B: 1934 |
Site-1B was one of two Fire Control Stations built for Battery Foote pre WWII. It also served Battery Bowdin at Fort Levett and Battery Ingalls when first built. | Public Park | |
Long Island ME |
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Circular tower disguised as a standpipe | 1943 | Radar located on the roof for Battery Carpenter and backup for Battery Ferguson.
Operations and generator building converted to homes. |
Private Property | |
Great Diamond Island ME | Battery Carpenter-Upper | Square tower | 1943 | New Battery Commanders (BC) and CRF station for Battery Carpenter at Fort McKinley which was modified in WWII. | Private Property | |
Peaks Island ME | Site 1G:
Site 1H:
Site 1I:
Site 1J:
Site 2A:
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Site 1G:
Side-by-Side Site 1H
Site 1I:
Site 1J:
Site 2A:
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1942-43 | 1909 stucco station used for mortar batteries and heavily renovated over time.
Anti-Aircraft Observation Post. Fire Control Switchboard Groupement Command Post was situated inside the stucco station from 1909 but supposedly in 1943 a concrete square tower was built? |
All Stations private property or sealed | |
Cushings Island ME | Site 1B:
Site 1E:
Site 1F:
Site 1H:
Site 1J:
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Site 1B:
Site 1E:
Site 1F:
Site 1H:
Site 1J:
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1942-44 | Site 1B:
Site 1E:
Site 1F:
Site 1H:
Site 1J:
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Cushings Island is private | |
Trundy Point ME | Site 1A
Site 1B
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Site 1A
Site 1B
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Site 1A
Site 1B
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Site 1A
Site 1B
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Both towers open to public | |
Cape Elizabeth ME | ||||||
Cape Elizabeth (Two)--One sealed & One on private property into an old lighthouse--Cape Elizabeth MR
Prouts Neck Tower--Razed 2004--Private Property--Prouts Neck MR
Biddeford Pool Tower--Razed 195?--On a Golf Course--Biddeford Pool MR
Cape Porpoise Tower--Razed 1949 by USACE--Private Property--Cape Porpoise MR
Great Hill/Gelaspus Point--Razed 1949--Private Property--Gelaspus Point MR
Moody Point Station--Partially Razed 1965--Garnsey Brothers Real Estate--Moody Point MR
Bald Head Station--Razed 1964--Bald Head Cliff Hotel--Bald Head Cliff MR
York Cliffs Station--Altered 2001--Private Property--Cape Neddick MR
Seal Head Station--Razed 1979--Private Property--Seal Head Point MR
Sisters Point Tower--Razed 2004--Private Property--Sisters Point MR
Sewards Point Station (Battery Bohlen)--Private Property--Fort Foster B" Station
Fort Foster Towers (Two)--Double Mine OP & Battery Commanders Tower--Sealed--Fort Foster
Appledore Island Tower--Closed to public--Appledore Island MR
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Fort Constitution Tower--Mine OP--Fenced Off--Fort Constitution
Wentworth Stations (Two)--Hotel Copula & Concrete Station (Razed 1998)--Private Property--Fort Stark B" Station
Fort Dearborn Station--Gun Group 1 Station--Built into 103 BC Station--Open to public--Fort Dearborn
Pulpit Rock Tower--Open occasionally--Pulpit Rock Camp
Rye Ledge Station--Razed 2007-Private Property--Rye Ledge MR
Great Boars Head/Hampton Beach Tower--Private Property--Great Boars Head MR
MASSACHUSETTS
Plum Island Station--Razed 1950s--Closed to public--Plum Island MR
Salisbury Beach Station--Collapsed 1958--Public beach--Salisbury Beach MR
Crane Estate/Castle Hill Station--Razed 1948--Open to public--Castle Hill MR
Halibut Point Tower--Altered 1996 & 2018--Open on weekends--Halibut Point MR
Emerson Point Tower--Private Property--Emerson Point MR
Eastern Point Station--Altered?--Private Property--Eastern Point MR
Coolidge Point Tower--Altered 1974--Private Property--Coolidge Point MR
Smith/Gales Point Station--Altered 1976--Private Property--Gales Point MR
Marblehead Neck Towers (Three)--One 5 story razed 1950s, One Cottage slightly altered & One 5 Story--All Private Property--Marblehead Neck MR
Nahant Towers (Five)--Two 8 story, Two 6 story & One cottage razed 1950s--All Private Property--Fort Ruckman, East Point MR
Deer Island Stations (Amount Undetermined)--All Stations razed 1988-92--No access--Fort Dawes
Lovells Island Stations (Two)--Mine OP & FCS--Open to public--Fort Standish
Great Brewster Island Mine OP (pushed off bluff 197? for safety)--Great Brewster MR
Outer Brewster Island Station--Atop Battery Jewell--Open to public--Outer Brewster Island MR
Georges Island (Two)--Mine OP--Repurposed Endicott tower for Gun Group 5--Open to public--Fort Warren
Point Allerton Stations (Three WWII)--One 7 story FCT--One 4 story FCS (Razed 1978)--One 1 story FCS (Razed 1978)--All Private Property--Point Allerton MR
Strawberry Hill Station--Razed 195? --located in front of 1907 station (now home)--Private Property--Strawberry Hill MR
Minot Stations (Four)--One 8 story FCT--One 5 story steel FCT (Dismantled 194?)--Two 2 story stations altered for residence--Private Property--Strawberry Point MR
Fourth Cliff Stations (Three)--One 5 story FCT--One 3 story FCS--One 1 story station--Private Property--Fourth Cliff MR
Gurnet Point Station--Razed 1998--Open to public--Gurnet Point MR
Elizabeths Islands Stations (Ten)--Five on Cuttyhunk Is., Three on Naushon Is. & Two on Martha's Vineyard (One in surf and one buried)--All open to public--Elizabeth Islands MR
West Island Tower--Sealed--Public Beach--Rocky Point MR
Round Hill Station--Razed 2008--Private Property--Round Hill MR
Gooseberry Neck Towers (Three)--One razed 1978--Sealed--Gooseberry Neck MR
RHODE ISLAND
Warren Point Stations (Two)--One razed 1970 & other razed 2019--Private Property--Warren Point MR
Sauchest Point Stations (Three)--All razed 197?--Open to public--Sauchest Point MR
Beavertail Station--HECP w/ FC Stations--Private Property--Fort Burnside
Conanicut Battery Stations (Six)--All built in 1921 but used thru WWII--All sealed--Public Park--Prospect Hill MR
The Bonnet Station--Mine OP--Private Property--Bonnet Point MR
Camp Varnum Stations (Four)--Slightly altered--Active National Guard Base--Fort Varnum
Point Judith Stations (Five)--Two Stations razed 1979--Two Stations damaged in storms--One tower part of Fishermans Visitors Center--Private Property--Fort Nathanael Greene
Green Hill Stations (Three)--All razed before 1963--Private Property--Green Hill MR
Charleston Station--Altered 2000--Private Property--Quonochontaug Neck MR
Block Island Stations (Eight)--Four towers & Four cottages--Two razed between 1970-85 & Two razed between 1980-85--Private Property--Block Island MR
Noyes Neck Towers (Two)--Razed before 1963--Private Property--Noyes Neck MR
Watch Hill Stations (Two)--One Cottage & One Tower--Razed immediately after WWII--Watch Hill MR
This list is subject to change as more pre-WWII Stations are added