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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. The tower had four observation levels and a 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. It was used for the 6 inch gun battery at [[Cape Elizabeth MR]] as well as [[Peaks Island MR]] and [[Jewell Island MR]].
Loc. 157 Prout's Neck was a WWII Fire Control site on Prout's Neck in Scarborough ME.
[[File:Prouts Neck Fire Control Tower Demolition.jpg|thumb|208x208px|Demolition 2004]]
[[File:Prouts Neck Fire Control Tower.jpg|left|thumb|224x224px|ca 1990s]]
A seven story Fire Control Tower was built in 1943 on a .23-acre government owned parcel with four base-end stations for [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]] (DPF), [[Fort Levett|Battery Foote]] (DPF), [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Cravens]] (DPF), and [[Cape Elizabeth MR|Battery 201]] (DPF). On the roof was AAIS OP 3. The tower was disguised as a lighthouse and is one of the more unique stations built in the country. A barracks for the crew was built behind the tower and on the shore was Searchlight #3. After the war the tower was sold off. The tower sat unused until 2004 when the property changed hands. The new owner wanted to demolish the tower and adjacent house. Despite the best efforts of the town, the tower was demolished later that year.
 
[https://web.archive.org/web/20260510125823/https://www.sunjournal.com/2004/11/01/destruction-begins-wwii-military-tower/ Article About the Towers Demolition]
 
=== SOURCES and REFERENCES ===
[https://proutsneckhistory.org/ Prouts Neck Historical Society]
 
Portland Projects 1944 Annex
 
[https://www.cdsg.org Coast Defense Study Group]
 
 
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Portland]]

Latest revision as of 07:58, 10 May 2026

Loc. 157 Prout's Neck was a WWII Fire Control site on Prout's Neck in Scarborough ME.

Demolition 2004
ca 1990s

A seven story Fire Control Tower was built in 1943 on a .23-acre government owned parcel with four base-end stations for Battery Steele (DPF), Battery Foote (DPF), Battery Cravens (DPF), and Battery 201 (DPF). On the roof was AAIS OP 3. The tower was disguised as a lighthouse and is one of the more unique stations built in the country. A barracks for the crew was built behind the tower and on the shore was Searchlight #3. After the war the tower was sold off. The tower sat unused until 2004 when the property changed hands. The new owner wanted to demolish the tower and adjacent house. Despite the best efforts of the town, the tower was demolished later that year.

Article About the Towers Demolition

SOURCES and REFERENCES

Prouts Neck Historical Society

Portland Projects 1944 Annex

Coast Defense Study Group

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