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Completed in 1944 on the Crane Estate and designated Location 137, this two-story station was built to look like a beach cottage from the sea. A pump house disguised as a garage was also built behind the station with a large tank inside. The side-by-side station was used for [[Fort Dearborn]] (Battery 103/Seamen) in Rye NH and [[Fort Ruckman]] (Battery 104/Murphy) in Nahant. This was the most Northern Station in the Boston Harbor Defense Command. An Anti-Aircraft deck was located on the roof. for Portsmouth Harbor Defenses Command. After the Army left in 1948 the station was destroyed by Mrs. Crane in 1949. The entire property was transferred to the Trustees of Reservation in 1949 and they maintain the site today. There are no remains or known photographs of the station aside from a plan shown below. The pump house may remain, but I am not sure yet.
Built in 1942 under the Boston Harbor Defense Command for [[East Point MR]] in Nahant and used as the most southern tower for Battery 103/Seamen at [[Fort Dearborn]] in Rye NH. The middle level was used for the Boston Defense Gun Group Two. This Station was designated Location 136. The structure was disguised as a church tower with attached barracks. After the war the steeple on top of the tower was removed in 1945 for a radar and stayed there until the 1960s. At the time of the radar an addition was added to the back of the barracks which today houses restrooms. Many other buildings were built on the property including a transmitter tower. After testing was completed here the transmitter tower was destroyed and the station was abandoned until 1996 when the steeple was replicated, an addition was added to the side of the barracks and a door was put on the back of the structure. The tower and barracks is now the park headquarters and the tower is open to the public on weekends. The DPF platforms and any WW2 equipment has been removed from the tower. Many renovations have been done over the years including a recent renovation of the barracks. This is the only tower regularly opened to the public in New England.  
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth]]
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth]]
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Boston]]
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Boston]]
[[File:Castle Hill FCS Plan.jpg|center|thumb|Castle Hill FCS Plan J.P. Wysong]]Sources:
<gallery perrow="7" caption="Halibut Point Fire Control Tower">
File:Halibut Point FCT 18.jpg|Front of the tower
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 46.jpg|Side of the tower
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 04.jpg|Main road to the tower
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 03.jpg|Rear of the tower
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 24.jpg|The quarry
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 14.jpg|View of the tower from the sea
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 27.jpg|Foundation of a quarry building.
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 45.jpg|The recently renovated Barracks.
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 43.jpg|First Floor of the tower
File:Azimuth Scope Halibut Point.jpg|Restored Azimuth Scope
File:Halibut Point FCT 07.jpg|Ladder system connecting each floor of the tower
File:Halibut Point FCT 05.jpg|Observation Level for Battery 103/Seamen
File:Halibut Point FCT 17.jpg|Drilled Out DPF Mount
File:Halibut Point FCT 04.jpg|3rd Floor Information
File:Halibut Point FCT 09.jpg|Second Observation Level For Boston Defense Command Gun Group Two
File:Halibut Point FCT 16.jpg|Drilled out DPF mount
File:Halibut Point FCT 08.jpg|Fourth Floor Window
File:Halibut Point FCT 15.jpg|Fourth Floor Ladder
File:Halibut Point FCT 11.jpg|Fifth Observation Level for Battery 104/Murphy
File:Halibut Point FCT 14.jpg|Drilled out DPF
File:Halibut Point FCT 12.jpg|Halibut Point Quarry
File:Halibut Point FCT 13.jpg|Anti-Aircraft Observation Post
File:Halibut point radar.jpg|FCT with Radar on top
File:Halibut Point FCT with Radar.jpg|FCT 1956 with Radar and back addition
File:Halibut Point Radar.jpg|1950s Ariel Image
File:Halibut Point FCT Construction.jpg|FCT Construction 1943
File:Halibut Point 1980.jpg|Halibut Point 1988
File:Halibut Point 1945.jpg|Halibut Point 1945
File:Halibut Point 1995.jpg|Halibut Point FCT in 1995 Jack P. Wysong
File:Halibut FCT (70).jpg|Halibut Point ca. 1995 DCR
</gallery>Sources:


[https://northamericanforts.com/East/New_Hampshire/Towers/Castle_Hill.html North American Forts]
[https://www.northamericanforts.com/East/New_Hampshire/Towers/Halibut_Point.html American Forts Network]


Jack P. Wysong
[https://www.halibutpointfriends.org/ Friends of Halibut Point]
 
[https://geodesy.noaa.gov/NGSDataExplorer/ NOAA]

Revision as of 17:44, 4 September 2023

Built in 1942 under the Boston Harbor Defense Command for East Point MR in Nahant and used as the most southern tower for Battery 103/Seamen at Fort Dearborn in Rye NH. The middle level was used for the Boston Defense Gun Group Two. This Station was designated Location 136. The structure was disguised as a church tower with attached barracks. After the war the steeple on top of the tower was removed in 1945 for a radar and stayed there until the 1960s. At the time of the radar an addition was added to the back of the barracks which today houses restrooms. Many other buildings were built on the property including a transmitter tower. After testing was completed here the transmitter tower was destroyed and the station was abandoned until 1996 when the steeple was replicated, an addition was added to the side of the barracks and a door was put on the back of the structure. The tower and barracks is now the park headquarters and the tower is open to the public on weekends. The DPF platforms and any WW2 equipment has been removed from the tower. Many renovations have been done over the years including a recent renovation of the barracks. This is the only tower regularly opened to the public in New England.

  • Halibut Point Fire Control Tower
  • Front of the tower
    Front of the tower
  • Side of the tower
    Side of the tower
  • Main road to the tower
    Main road to the tower
  • Rear of the tower
    Rear of the tower
  • The quarry
    The quarry
  • View of the tower from the sea
    View of the tower from the sea
  • Foundation of a quarry building.
    Foundation of a quarry building.
  • The recently renovated Barracks.
    The recently renovated Barracks.
  • First Floor of the tower
    First Floor of the tower
  • Restored Azimuth Scope
    Restored Azimuth Scope
  • Ladder system connecting each floor of the tower
    Ladder system connecting each floor of the tower
  • Observation Level for Battery 103/Seamen
    Observation Level for Battery 103/Seamen
  • Drilled Out DPF Mount
    Drilled Out DPF Mount
  • 3rd Floor Information
    3rd Floor Information
  • Second Observation Level For Boston Defense Command Gun Group Two
    Second Observation Level For Boston Defense Command Gun Group Two
  • Drilled out DPF mount
    Drilled out DPF mount
  • Fourth Floor Window
    Fourth Floor Window
  • Fourth Floor Ladder
    Fourth Floor Ladder
  • Fifth Observation Level for Battery 104/Murphy
    Fifth Observation Level for Battery 104/Murphy
  • Drilled out DPF
    Drilled out DPF
  • Halibut Point Quarry
    Halibut Point Quarry
  • Anti-Aircraft Observation Post
    Anti-Aircraft Observation Post
  • FCT with Radar on top
    FCT with Radar on top
  • FCT 1956 with Radar and back addition
    FCT 1956 with Radar and back addition
  • 1950s Ariel Image
    1950s Ariel Image
  • FCT Construction 1943
    FCT Construction 1943
  • Halibut Point 1988
    Halibut Point 1988
  • Halibut Point 1945
    Halibut Point 1945
  • Halibut Point FCT in 1995 Jack P. Wysong
    Halibut Point FCT in 1995 Jack P. Wysong
  • Halibut Point ca. 1995 DCR
    Halibut Point ca. 1995 DCR

Sources:

American Forts Network

Friends of Halibut Point

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