Halibut Point MR

Loc. 136 Halibut Point was a WWII Fire Control site in Rockport MA.

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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 are now the park headquarters, and the tower are 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
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  Front of the tower
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  The quarry
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  Foundation of a quarry building.
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  The recently renovated Barracks.
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  Restored M1910A1 Azimuth Instrument.
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  Observation Level for Battery 103/Seamen
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  3rd Floor Information
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  Second Observation Level For Boston Defense Command Gun Group Two
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  Ladders connect each floor
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  Fifth Observation Level for Battery 104/Murphy
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  View from the top
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  Anti-Aircraft Observation Post
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  FCT Construction 1943
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  Halibut Point 1945
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  1950s Ariel Image
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  FCT 1956 with Radar and back addition
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  Halibut Point 1988
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  Halibut Point FCT in 1995 Jack P. Wysong
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  Halibut Point ca. 1995 DCR

Sources:

American Forts Network

Friends of Halibut Point