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This website was created for the documentation of the Forts of New England including Gun Batteries Fort Fire Control Towers ect,. This site does not include camps ,air force stations ,navy bases ,torpedo stations nor radar sites (Some exceptions). Any documents with classified at the bottom have most likely been declassified since their creation as they are public records. Many of the sites shown on this website were accessed with EXPLICIT PERMISSION from the landowner or organization who oversees the site. Trespassing IS AN ARRESTABLE OFFENSE!!!! The New England Defenses website and organization is run and operated by Julian Malcolm not any commercial organization or company. Contributors on this site can be found via their user page with a contact for inquiries on this website only!
Pulpit Rock MR was a military reservation for the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth. The site included an eight story Fire control Tower. A steel Fire Control Tower and AMTB Battery 951.
===='''Safety'''====
While exploring some of these Coastal Defense sites, the terrain can be very treacherous which could cause injury or death. We do not promote the exploration of unsafe sites and advise that you take EXTREME PROCAUTIONS when exploring sites that may be unsafe. And if a site is fenced in there is a good chance it is due to dangerous conditions. The sites on this webpage have been explored with extreme caution by people with experience or knowledge of the sites structural or environmental integrity. New England Defenses or any of our affiliates are NOT RESPONSIBLE for any injury exploring Coastal Defense sites.


===='''Technical Disclaimer'''====
== Eight Story FCT ==
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In 1942 construction started on an eight story Fire Control Tower for [[Fort Dearborn]] nearby. The seventh story level DPF was designated for Battery 103/Seamen and the eight level DPF was for Battery 204. The roof was used as an Anti Aircraft Spotting station AAIS OP 7. The tower was completed in 1943 on a government owned .44 acre tract. The navy had control over the tower from 1954-1971. The fish and game department has owned the tower since 1974. It was suggested for the national register of historic Places in the 1970s but was not accepted and finally made the list in 2010 after being on the seven to save list in New Hampshire. In 2008 the Friends of Pulpit Rock Tower was formed to preserve the tower. The tower officially opened in 2009 on some holidays and continues to do so. The tower has been under restoration for many years and is still as of 2022. I visited on Memorial day 2023 and the tower is nice on the inside with many displays but I noticed that the DPF mount on the seventh floor is missing! I think it was probably drilled out in the 1970s.<center><gallery>
File:Pulpit Rock FCT.jpg|Tower from the Highway
File:Pulpit Rock MR From Street.jpg|Tower from AMTB 9451
File:Pulpit Rock MR FCT.jpg|Eight Story FCT Pulpit Rock
File:Pulpit Rock MR.jpg|Base of the Tower
File:Entrance Steps Pulpit Rock MR.jpg|Entrance Steps
File:Electric Wires Pulpit Rock MR.jpg|Electrical Wiring
File:Electric Box Pulpit rock MR.jpg|Electric Box
File:Pulpit Rock MR Electric Box.jpg|Electric Box Details
File:Telephone Pole Pulpit Rock MR.jpg|1942 Utility Pole
File:PRMRINT (42) 02.jpg|View of the tower from the beach
File:PRMRINT (42) 04.jpg|View of the tower from the Highway
File:PRMRINT (42) 03.jpg|2010 National Register of Historic Places Plaque
File:PRMRINT (42) 23.jpg|Security Gate and Steel Door to the tower
File:PRMRINT (42) 05.jpg|Pot Belly Stove for heat
File:PRMRINT (42) 22.jpg|Bracket to keep the observation windows open
File:PRMRINT (42) 01.jpg|Communications junction box below the tower
File:PRMRINT (42) 06.jpg|Electric Breakers and Fuse Boxes
File:PRMRINT (42) 24.jpg|First Floor Steps
File:PRMRINT (42) 19.jpg|This tower has the only spiral stairs in Portsmouth Harbor
File:PRMRINT (42) 20.jpg|Descending steps
File:PRMRINT (42) 29.jpg|Reproduction Windows added in 2019
File:PRMRINT (42) 09.jpg|Descending stairs from the sixth floor
File:PRMRINT (42) 10.jpg|Chart table
File:PRMRINT (42) 07.jpg|Electrical equipment on the sixth floor
File:PRMRINT (42) 18.jpg|Seventh floor ladder
File:PRMRINT (42) 12.jpg|Observers Chair for the seventh floor
File:PRMRINT (42) 11.jpg|View out the seventh floor windows
File:PRMRINT (42) 14.jpg|Eighth floor observation windows facing Portsmouth Harbor
File:PRMRINT (42) 15.jpg
File:PRMRINT (42) 16.jpg|AAIS OP 7 Crows Nest
File:PRMRINT (42) 17.jpg|Ladder to the crows nest
File:PRMRINT (42) 26.jpg|The tower from the parking area
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<pdf  width="1000" height="400">File:PRMR-RCW.pdf</pdf>
 
== Steel FCT ==
In 1942 on a separate tract of land a steel FCT was built near the main tower and used for Battery 205 and the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth. This tower was dismantled around 1953 and the cab was built of corrugated aluminum.
[[File:PR MR (24).jpg|center|thumb|124x124px|Steel FCT Locale]]
 
== Battery AMTB 951 ==
Built in 1942, AMTB Battery 951 was operated as part of Fort Dearborn nearby. The battery was deactivated in 1946 and abandon. Around 1962 the Coastal roadway was expanded which would cover the second AMTB emplacement so it was destroyed and disposed of near the other remaining emplacement. Its remains can still be found on the beach. The area where emplacement one is located became a parking lot and the mounting screws for the guns were grinded down. Over the years emplacement one has been damaged by cars driving over it. Emplacement two is in rubble in the general area the mounting ring is in.<center><gallery>
File:AMTB 951 Emplacement 1.jpg|AMTB 951 Emplacement #1 2022
File:PR MR (25).jpg|AMTB Emplacement #1 2023
File:PR MR (27).jpg|Emplacement #1 Ammo Storage 2023
File:AMTB 951 Emplacement 2.jpg|AMTB 951 Emplacement #2 Remains 2022
File:BTTY955.jpg|Emplacement #2 Mounting Ring
File:PR MR (51) 01.jpg|Emplacement #2 Remains
File:PR MR (51) 03.jpg|Emplacement #2 Screw Detail
File:BTTY953.jpg|More of Emplacement #2
File:BTTY954.jpg
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== Battery AMTB 351 ==
Built with two temporary 37mm guns in 1942. There are no visible remains today.
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth]]

Revision as of 20:24, 21 June 2023

Pulpit Rock MR was a military reservation for the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth. The site included an eight story Fire control Tower. A steel Fire Control Tower and AMTB Battery 951.

Eight Story FCT

In 1942 construction started on an eight story Fire Control Tower for Fort Dearborn nearby. The seventh story level DPF was designated for Battery 103/Seamen and the eight level DPF was for Battery 204. The roof was used as an Anti Aircraft Spotting station AAIS OP 7. The tower was completed in 1943 on a government owned .44 acre tract. The navy had control over the tower from 1954-1971. The fish and game department has owned the tower since 1974. It was suggested for the national register of historic Places in the 1970s but was not accepted and finally made the list in 2010 after being on the seven to save list in New Hampshire. In 2008 the Friends of Pulpit Rock Tower was formed to preserve the tower. The tower officially opened in 2009 on some holidays and continues to do so. The tower has been under restoration for many years and is still as of 2022. I visited on Memorial day 2023 and the tower is nice on the inside with many displays but I noticed that the DPF mount on the seventh floor is missing! I think it was probably drilled out in the 1970s.

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Steel FCT

In 1942 on a separate tract of land a steel FCT was built near the main tower and used for Battery 205 and the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth. This tower was dismantled around 1953 and the cab was built of corrugated aluminum.

File:PR MR (24).jpg
Steel FCT Locale

Battery AMTB 951

Built in 1942, AMTB Battery 951 was operated as part of Fort Dearborn nearby. The battery was deactivated in 1946 and abandon. Around 1962 the Coastal roadway was expanded which would cover the second AMTB emplacement so it was destroyed and disposed of near the other remaining emplacement. Its remains can still be found on the beach. The area where emplacement one is located became a parking lot and the mounting screws for the guns were grinded down. Over the years emplacement one has been damaged by cars driving over it. Emplacement two is in rubble in the general area the mounting ring is in.

Battery AMTB 351

Built with two temporary 37mm guns in 1942. There are no visible remains today.

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