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[[ | In 1943 construction on a seven-floor tower on the South Side of Prouts Neck started in Scarborough Maine for the defense of Casco Bay during WW2. This site would become Location 157. The tower had four observation levels and an Anti-Aircraft Post on top of the tower. It was designed to look like a lighthouse and is the most interesting tower built in Maine due to the strange design. The tower had many strange features including a balcony and four observation levels which is not usually found in a Fire Control tower. The seventh floor was used for Battery Steele at [[Peaks Island MR]], the sixth floor was used for Battery Foote at [[Fort Levett]], the fifth floor was used for Battery Cravens at [[Peaks Island MR]] and the fourth floor was used for Battery 201 at [[Cape Elizabeth MR]]. Searchlight #3 was located here. Many of these towers were located along Maines coast. The tower was in operation until 1945 when it was sold back to the town and sat unused. In 2004 a new property owner purchased the tower along with a house and wanted to demolish them. Despite the towns best efforts, the landowner had the full right to destroy the tower and onlookers watched as a massive crane knocked it down. No other tower in the US was built like this one. The site of the tower is on private property and not open to the public.<center><gallery perrow="10"> | ||
</gallery>All images courtesy Prout's Neck Historical Society.<gallery mode="nolines"> | |||
File:Prouts Neck Tower Construction 1943.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|1943 Construction | |||
File:View of the tower.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Side Of The Tower | |||
File:Main entrance PN.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Tower Entrance | |||
File:Back of Prouts Neck Tower.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Rear Of The Tower | |||
File:1st Floor Prouts Neck.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|First Floor | |||
File:Prouts Neck Stairway.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|The Stairs Built Around The Shape Of The Tower | |||
File:3rd Floor Ladder Prouts Neck.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Wooden Ladder to 4th Floor | |||
File:Prouts Neck Observation Level.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Observation Level | |||
File:Electric Wiring Prouts Neck.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Electrical Wiring | |||
File:Ocean from the Prouts Neck Balcony.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Balcony View Towards The Ocean | |||
File:6th Floor Balcony PN.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Balcony Entrance 6th Floor | |||
File:5th Floor Wooden Ladder.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|5th To 6th Floor Ladder | |||
File:Timer Bell Mount PN.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Timer Bell Mount | |||
File:6th to 7th floor ladder.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Metal Ladder To The 7th Floor | |||
File:Mounting Pedestal PN.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Another DPF Mount | |||
File:Anti Aircraft Entrance.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Anti Aircraft Observation | |||
File:1960 Newspaper Clipping Prouts Neck.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Newspaper Clipping About The Tower | |||
File:Prouts Neck Fire Control Tower Demolition.jpg|alt=Colorized J. Malcolm 2022|Demolition 2004 | |||
</gallery></center>All images colorized by J. Malcolm 2022. Except the demolition pictures. | |||
Research courtesy Prout's Neck Historical Society | |||
[https://www.sunjournal.com/2004/11/01/destruction-begins-wwii-military-tower/ Article About the Towers Demolition] | |||
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Portland]] | |||
Revision as of 19:40, 17 November 2023
In 1943 construction on a seven-floor tower on the South Side of Prouts Neck started in Scarborough Maine for the defense of Casco Bay during WW2. This site would become Location 157. The tower had four observation levels and an Anti-Aircraft Post on top of the tower. It was designed to look like a lighthouse and is the most interesting tower built in Maine due to the strange design. The tower had many strange features including a balcony and four observation levels which is not usually found in a Fire Control tower. The seventh floor was used for Battery Steele at Peaks Island MR, the sixth floor was used for Battery Foote at Fort Levett, the fifth floor was used for Battery Cravens at Peaks Island MR and the fourth floor was used for Battery 201 at Cape Elizabeth MR. Searchlight #3 was located here. Many of these towers were located along Maines coast. The tower was in operation until 1945 when it was sold back to the town and sat unused. In 2004 a new property owner purchased the tower along with a house and wanted to demolish them. Despite the towns best efforts, the landowner had the full right to destroy the tower and onlookers watched as a massive crane knocked it down. No other tower in the US was built like this one. The site of the tower is on private property and not open to the public.
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1943 Construction -
Side Of The Tower -
Tower Entrance -
Rear Of The Tower -
First Floor -
The Stairs Built Around The Shape Of The Tower -
Wooden Ladder to 4th Floor -
Observation Level -
Electrical Wiring -
Balcony View Towards The Ocean -
Balcony Entrance 6th Floor -
5th To 6th Floor Ladder -
Timer Bell Mount -
Metal Ladder To The 7th Floor -
Another DPF Mount -
Anti Aircraft Observation -
Newspaper Clipping About The Tower -
Demolition 2004
All images colorized by J. Malcolm 2022. Except the demolition pictures.
Research courtesy Prout's Neck Historical Society