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.
Loc. 111 Gurnet Point was a WWII Fire Control site on Gurnet Point in Plymouth MA.[[File:Gurnet Point Fire Control Station 03.jpg|left|thumb|253x253px|The station in the mid 90s]]
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[[File:Gurnet Point Elevation Drawings.jpg|thumb|259x259px|1944 RCW Elevation Drawings]]
Built in 1943 for $9,731 on the ramparts of Fort Andrews (1776), this station was the most southern in the [[:Category:Harbor Defenses of Boston|HD of Boston]]. It was located on a 4.5-acre plot owned by the Coast Guard. The station is a strange design with two observation levels separated by a floor with large rectangular windows (Used by USCG for observation). The upper observation level served [[Fourth Cliff MR|Battery 208]] with a Depression Position Finder and the lower level was the Groupement 1 OP with an Azimuth Instrument. The rear section of the structure consisted of the entrance and a generator room. A Pilgrim Atomic power plant siren was installed on the station in 1980. The station was demolished in November 1998 due to its poor condition. Today there are no remains and most of the rampart the tower was located on has eroded away.
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[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Boston]]
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=== SOURCES and REFERENCES: ===
File:Halibut Point FCT 18.jpg|Front of the tower
[https://mhc-macris.net/ Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System]
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
Loc. 111 Gurnet Point was a WWII Fire Control site on Gurnet Point in Plymouth MA.
The station in the mid 90s1944 RCW Elevation Drawings
Built in 1943 for $9,731 on the ramparts of Fort Andrews (1776), this station was the most southern in the HD of Boston. It was located on a 4.5-acre plot owned by the Coast Guard. The station is a strange design with two observation levels separated by a floor with large rectangular windows (Used by USCG for observation). The upper observation level served Battery 208 with a Depression Position Finder and the lower level was the Groupement 1 OP with an Azimuth Instrument. The rear section of the structure consisted of the entrance and a generator room. A Pilgrim Atomic power plant siren was installed on the station in 1980. The station was demolished in November 1998 due to its poor condition. Today there are no remains and most of the rampart the tower was located on has eroded away.
