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This list is of all the WWII (or used during WWII) Fire Control Stations (FCS) in New England. Included here are Base-End Stations, Spotting Stations, and Group Observation Stations (Mines, Gun Groups, Groupement's). I have not decided to include Battery Commanders Stations or Command Posts unless it is a combined station. This table can be searched by using Control+F (PC) or Command+F (Mac) Please [[Contact Us|contact me]] with any questions or corrections.
This is a list of all the Fire Control Stations used during WWII. Most of these structures were built from 1942-1944 but some were built earlier and they are included because they were used through WWII. This list does not include temporary stations which may have been built before the completion of a permanent tower.
 
=== MAINE ===
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!Batteries Served
!Batteries Served
!Style
!Style
!Construction Date
!Completion Date
!Features
!Notes
!Notes
!Accesibility
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| align="center" | [[Fort Baldwin|Fort Baldwin ME]]
| align="center" | [[Fort Baldwin|Loc. 170]] Fort Baldwin
| align="center" |[[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
| align="center" |[[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
|Square Tower - Five Stories
|Square Tower - Five Stories
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* Anti-Aircraft OP 10
* Anti-Aircraft OP 10
|Most northern FC structure in Portland
* Most Northern FC Station in New England
Open occasionally
|Fort Baldwin State Historic Site - Open occasionally
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|[[Small Point MR|Small Point ME]]
|[[Small Point MR|Loc. 169]] Small Point
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* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
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|[[Bailey Island MR|Bailey Island ME]]
|[[Bailey Island MR|Loc. 168]] Bailey Island - Site 1B
|<u>Site 1C:</u>
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* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Craven]]<nowiki/>s-Lower
<u>Site 1B:</u>
* [[Fort Levett|Battery Foote]]-Upper
* [[Fort Levett|Battery Foote]]-Upper
* [[Jewell Island MR|Battery 202]]-Lower
* [[Jewell Island MR|Battery 202]]-Lower
|<u>Site 1C:</u> Square Tower - Eight Stories
|Square Tower - Six Stories
<u>Site 1B:</u> Square Tower - Six Stories
|1943
|1943
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* Site 1C housed a radar for Battery Steele and Anti-Aircraft OP 8
* Windows boarded up
|Private Property
|Private Property
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|[[Jewell Island MR|Jewell Island ME]]
|[[Bailey Island MR|Loc. 168]] Bailey Island - Site 1C
|<u>Site 1D:</u>
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* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
*[[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Cravens]]-Middle
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Craven]]<nowiki/>s-Lower
* [[Jewell Island MR|Battery 202]]-Lower
|Square Tower - Eight Stories
 
|1943
<u>Site 1B:</u>
|
 
* SCR 296 Radar for [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]] on roof
* Anti-Aircraft OP 8
|Private Property
|-
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|[[Jewell Island MR|Loc. 167]] Jewell Island - Site 1B
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* [[Fort Levett|Battery Foote]]-Upper
* [[Fort Levett|Battery Foote]]-Upper
* [[Cape Elizabeth MR|Battery 201]]-Middle
* [[Cape Elizabeth MR|Battery 201]]-Middle
* Gun-Group 7 Command-Lower
* Gun-Group 7 Command-Lower
|<u>Site 1D:</u> Square Tower - Eight Stories
|Disguised as castle tower - Four Stories
<u>Site 1B:</u>  Disguised as castle tower - Four Stories
|1934
|Site-1D: 1943
|
Site: 1B: 1934
* One of two Fire Control Stations built for Battery Foote pre-WWII. It also served Battery Bowdoin at Fort Levett and Battery Ingalls when first built.
* Anti-Aircraft OP 7
|State Park
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|[[Jewell Island MR|Loc.  167]] Jewell Island - Site 1D
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*[[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Cravens]]-Middle
* [[Jewell Island MR|Battery 202]]-Lower
|Square Tower - Eight Stories
|1943
|
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* Site 1B was one of two Fire Control Stations built for Battery Foote pre-WWII. It also served Battery Bowdin at Fort Levett and Battery Ingalls when first built.
|State Park
* Site 1B Anti-Aircraft OP 7
|Public Park
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|[[Long Island MR|Long Island ME]]
|[[Long Island MR|Loc. 166]] Long Island
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* Secondary Mine II OP-upper
* Secondary Mine II OP-upper
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|[[Peaks Island MR|Peaks Island ME]]
|[[Peaks Island MR|Loc. 163]] Peaks Island - Site 1G
|<u>Site 1G:</u>
|Mines II CP
* Mines II CP
|Cottage Side-by-Side - Three Stories
 
|1943
<u>Site 1H:</u>
|
 
|Converted to residence
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
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|[[Peaks Island MR|Loc. 163]] Peaks Island - Site 1H
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*[[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper


* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Cravens BC]]-Middle
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Cravens BC]]-Middle
* Gun-Group 2 Command-Lower
* Gun-Group 2 Command-Lower
 
|Square Tower - Six Stories
<u>Site 1I:</u>
|1943
 
|
* Primary Mines II OP-Upper
|Peaks Island Land Preserve
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|[[Peaks Island MR|Loc. 163]] Peaks Island - Site 1I
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*Primary Mines II OP-Upper
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Cravens]]-Middle
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Cravens]]-Middle
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele BC]]-Lower
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele BC]]-Lower
 
|Square Tower - Six Stories
<u>Site 1J:</u>
|1943
 
|
* Groupement 1 Command Post
|Peaks Island LandPreserve
 
|-
<u>Site 2A:</u>
|
 
|[[Peaks Island MR|Loc. 163]] Peaks Island - Site 1J
|Groupement 1 Command Post
|Stucco Side-by-Side - One Story
|1909
|
* Used for mortar batteries originally
|Ruins - Peaks Island Land Preserve
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|[[Peaks Island MR|Loc. 163]] Peaks Island - Site 2A
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* Secondary Mines II OP
* Secondary Mines II OP
|<u>Site 1G:</u>
|Square Tower - One Story
* Cottage
|1943
 
|
Side-by-Side - Three Stories
|Private Property
 
|-
<u>Site 1H</u>
|[[File:Levett (79) 48.jpg|none|thumb|225x225px|Loc. 161 Site 1B]]
 
|[[Fort Levett|Loc. 161]] Fort Levett - Site 1B
* Square Tower - Six Stories
|Secondary Mines I OP-Upper
 
|Square Tower - Two Stories
<u>Site 1I:</u>
|1920-1942
 
|
* Square Tower - Six Stories
* Built on Battery Daniels 1920 CRF Station.
 
* DPF pedestal remained on upper floor-now at McKinley
<u>Site 1J:</u>
|Cushing Island Conservation Corporation - Island Residents Only
 
* Stucco Side-by-Side (1909) - One Story
 
<u>Site 2A:</u>
 
* Square Tower - One Story
|1942-43
|1909 stucco station used for mortar batteries and heavily renovated over time.
Anti-Aircraft Observation Post.
Fire Control Switchboard
Groupement Command Post was situated inside the stucco station from 1909 but supposedly in 1943 a concrete square tower was built?
|All Stations private property or sealed
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|[[File:Levett (79) 48.jpg|thumb|99x99px|Site 1B]][[File:Levett (79) 15.jpg|thumb|99x99px|Site 1E]][[File:Levett (79) 08.jpg|thumb|100x100px|Site 1F]][[File:Fort Levett22.jpg|thumb|151x151px|Site 1H]][[File:Fort Levett17.jpg|thumb|102x102px|Site 1J]]
|[[File:Levett (79) 15.jpg|none|thumb|228x228px|Loc. 161 Site 1E]]
|[[Fort Levett|Cushings Island ME]]
|[[Fort Levett|Loc. 161]] Fort Levett - Site 1E
|<u>Site 1B:</u>
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* Secondary Mines I OP-Upper & Lower
*[[Fort Levett|Battery Foote]]-Upper
 
<u>Site 1E:</u>
 
* [[Fort Levett|Battery Foote]]-Upper


* [[Cape Elizabeth MR|Battery 201]]-Middle
* [[Cape Elizabeth MR|Battery 201]]-Middle
* [[Fort Levett|Battery Ferguson]]-Lower
* [[Fort Levett|Battery Ferguson]]-Lower
 
|Square Tower - Eight Stories
<u>Site 1F:</u>
|1943
 
|
* [[Fort Levett|BC Battery Foote]]-Upper
* Many original windows remaining.
 
|Cushing Island Conservation Corporation - Island Residents Only
<u>Site 1H:</u>
|-
 
|[[File:Fort Levett22.jpg|none|thumb|342x342px|Loc. 161 Site 1H]]
* [[Jewell Island MR|Battery 202]]-Upper
|[[Fort Levett|Loc. 161]] Fort Levett - Site 1H
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*[[Jewell Island MR|Battery 202]]-Upper
* [[Fort McKinley|Battery Carpenter]]-Middle
* [[Fort McKinley|Battery Carpenter]]-Middle
* Gun-Group 5 Command-Lower
* Gun-Group 5 Command-Lower
 
|Square Tower - Eight Stories
<u>Site 1J:</u>
|1943
 
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 5 hanging off the back of the tower.
|Cushing Island Conservation Corporation - Island Residents Only
|-
|[[File:Fort Levett17.jpg|none|thumb|233x233px|Loc. 161 Site 1J]]
|[[Fort Levett|Loc. 161]] Fort Levett - Site 1J
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* Gun-Group 1 Command-Upper
* Gun-Group 1 Command-Upper
|<u>Site 1B:</u>
|Rectangular base w/ square tower - Two Stories
* Square Tower - Two Stories
|1943
 
|
<u>Site 1E:</u>
* Base of the station houses the G-1 Command Post which is larger than the station sitting atop it.
 
* DPF mounting bolts drilled off.
* Square Tower - Eight Stories
|Cushing Island Conservation Corporation - Island Residents Only
 
<u>Site 1F:</u>
 
* Square Tower - One Story
 
<u>Site 1H:</u>
 
* Square Tower - Eight Stories
 
<u>Site 1J:</u>
 
* Rectangular base w/ square tower** - Two Stories
|1942-44
|<u>Site 1B:</u>
* Built on Battery Daniels 1920 CRF Station.
 
<u>Site 1E:</u>
 
* Many original windows remaining.
 
<u>Site 1F:</u>
 
* <nowiki>*</nowiki>Built on top of the Battery Foote 1921 BC Station when casemented in 1944.
 
<u>Site 1H:</u>
 
* Anti-Aircraft OP 5 hanging off the back of the tower.
 
<u>Site 1J:</u>
 
* <nowiki>**</nowiki>Base of the station houses the G-1 Command Post which is larger than the station sitting atop it.
* DPF bolts drilled off.
|Cushings Island is private
|-
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|[[File:Trundy Point MR 34.jpg|thumb|164x164px|Site 1A]][[File:Trundy Point MR 01.jpg|thumb|164x164px|Site 1B]]
|[[File:L159 1A reverse from approach.jpg|none|thumb|282x282px|Loc. 159 Site 1A]]
|[[Trundy Point MR|Trundy Point ME]]
|[[Trundy Point MR|Loc. 159]] Trundy Point - Site 1A
|<u>Site 1A</u>
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* [[Fort Levett|Battery Foote]]
* [[Fort Levett|Battery Foote]]
<u>Site 1B</u>
|Steel Tower with concrete cab
|1922
|
*Only remaining steel tower North of New Jersey
* Disguised as Fire Tower seen on mountains
* One of two originally for Battery Foote
* Steps to top partially removed for safety
|Private Property
|-
|[[File:L159 1B front.jpg|none|thumb|286x286px|Loc. 159 Site 1B]]
|[[Trundy Point MR|Loc. 159]] Trundy Point - Site 1B
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* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Cravens]]-Upper
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Cravens]]-Upper


* [[Fort Levett|Battery Ferguson]]-Lower
* [[Fort Levett|Battery Ferguson]]-Lower
|<u>Site 1A</u>
|Square Tower - Eight Stories
* Steel Tower with concrete cab
|1943
<u>Site 1B</u>
|
* Square Tower - Eight Stories
|<u>Site 1A</u>
* 1922
<u>Site 1B</u>
* 1943
|<u>Site 1A</u>
* Only remaining steel tower North of New Jersey
* Disguised as Fire Tower seen on mountains
* One of two originally for Battery Foote
* Steps to top partially removed for safety
<u>Site 1B</u>
* Sixth floor ladder removed
* Sixth floor ladder removed
|Both towers open to public
|Private Property
|-
|-
|[[File:Cape Elizabeth MR 15.jpg|thumb|165x165px|Site 1B]][[File:Cape Elizabeth MR (2) 30.jpg|thumb|166x166px|Site 2A]]
|[[File:Cape Elizabeth MR 15.jpg|none|thumb|204x204px|Loc. 158 Site 1B]]
|[[Cape Elizabeth MR|Cape Elizabeth ME]]
|[[Cape Elizabeth MR|Loc. 158]] Cape Elizabeth - Site 1B
|<u>Site 1B</u>
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* [[Cape Elizabeth MR|Battery 201]]-Upper
*[[Cape Elizabeth MR|Battery 201]]-Upper
* Unused-Middle
* Unused-Middle
* [[Cape Elizabeth MR|Battery 201]] BC-Lower
* [[Cape Elizabeth MR|Battery 201]] BC-Lower
 
|Cylindrical Tower to simulate silo - Six Stories
<u>Site 2A</u>
|1943
 
|
*Nearly identical to the station at [[Emerson Point MR]]
* Wooden ladders rotted
|Two Lights State Park
|-
|[[File:L158 2A FC Lighthouse.jpg|none|thumb|272x272px|Loc. 158 Site 2A]]
|[[Cape Elizabeth MR|Loc. 158]] Cape Elizabeth - Site 2A
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* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery 203]]-Upper
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery 203]]-Upper
* [[Jewell Island MR|Battery 202]]-Lower
* [[Jewell Island MR|Battery 202]]-Lower
|<u>Site 1B</u>
|Built atop old lighthouse to simulate water tower - Two Stories
Cylindrical Tower to simulate silo - Six Stories
|1874-1942
 
|
<u>Site 2A</u>
 
Built atop old lighthouse to simulate water tower - Two Stories
|<u>Site 1B</u>
1943
 
<u>Site 2A</u>
 
1874-1942
|<u>Site 1B</u>
* Nearly identical to the station at [[Emerson Point MR]]
* Wooden ladders rotted
<u>Site 2A</u>
* Built atop the Cape Elizabeth West Light
* Built atop the Cape Elizabeth West Light
* SCR 296 for Battery 201 on roof
* SCR 296 for Battery 201 on roof
* Earlier 1925 station for Battery Kearny-Chase
* Earlier 1925 station for Battery Kearny-Chase
* Anti-Aircraft OP 4
* Anti-Aircraft OP 4
|Both closed to the public at this time.
|Private Property
|-
|-
|[[File:Loc. 157 Prouts Neck Roger.tif|none|thumb|224x224px|Site 1A 1990s]]
|[[File:Loc. 157 Prouts Neck Roger.tif|none|thumb|224x224px|Loc. 157 Site 1A 1990s]]
|[[Prouts Neck MR|Prouts Neck ME]]
|[[Prouts Neck MR|Loc. 157]] Prouts Neck
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* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-7th
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-7th
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|Razed 2004-Private Property
|Razed 2004-Private Property
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|[[File:Fletchers Neck FCT.jpg|none|thumb|180x180px|Site 1A 1940s]]
|[[File:Fletchers Neck FCT.jpg|none|thumb|180x180px|Loc. 156 Site 1A 1940s]]
|[[Fletchers Neck MR|Biddeford Pool ME]]
|[[Fletchers Neck MR|Loc. 156]] Fletchers Neck
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* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
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|Razed 195?-Private Property
|Razed 195?-Private Property
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|[[File:1942CapePorpoise.jpg|none|thumb|207x207px|Site 1A 1945]]
|[[File:1942CapePorpoise.jpg|none|thumb|207x207px|Loc. 155 Site 1A 1945]]
|[[Cape Porpoise MR|Cape Porpoise ME]]
|[[Cape Porpoise MR|Loc. 155]] Cape Porpoise
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* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
* [[Peaks Island MR|Battery Steele]]-Upper
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|Razed 1949-Private Property
|Razed 1949-Private Property
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|[[File:Great Hill FCT Final.jpg|none|thumb|163x163px|Site 1A 1946]]
|[[File:Great Hill FCT Final.jpg|none|thumb|163x163px|Loc. 154 Site 1A 1946]]
|[[Gelaspus Point MR|Gelaspus Point ME]]
|[[Gelaspus Point MR|Loc. 154]] Gelaspus Point
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* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Upper
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|Razed 1949-Private Property
|Razed 1949-Private Property
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|[[File:Moody Beach MR 10.jpg|none|thumb|181x181px|Site 1A]]
|[[File:Moody Beach MR 10.jpg|none|thumb|181x181px|Loc. 153 Site 1A]]
|[[Moody Point MR|Moody Point ME]]
|[[Moody Point MR|Loc. 153]] Moody Point
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* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Upper
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|Private Property
|Private Property
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|[[File:Bald Head Cliff MR.jpeg|none|thumb|184x184px|Site 1A 1963]]
|[[File:Bald Head Cliff MR.jpeg|none|thumb|184x184px|Loc. 152 Site 1A 1963]]
|[[Bald Head Cliff MR|Bald Head Cliff ME]]
|[[Bald Head Cliff MR|Loc. 152]] Bald Head Cliff
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* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Upper
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* Disguised as cottage
* Disguised as cottage
* Building disguised as garage had a well and tank
* Anti-Aircraft OP 11
* Anti-Aircraft OP 11
|Razed 1964-Overbuilt
|Razed 1964-Overbuilt
|-
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|[[File:Cape Neddick Station 2022.jpg|none|thumb|199x199px|Site 1A]]
|[[File:Cape Neddick Station 2022.jpg|none|thumb|199x199px|Loc. 151 Site 1A]]
|[[Cape Neddick MR|Cape Neddick ME]]
|[[Cape Neddick MR|Loc. 151]] Cape Neddick
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* [[Fort Foster|Battery 205]]-Upper
* [[Fort Foster|Battery 205]]-Upper
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* Disguised as cottage
* Disguised as cottage
* Building disguised as garage had FC switchboard
* Anti-Aircraft OP 10
* Anti-Aircraft OP 10
|Heavily altered 2001-Private Property
|Heavily altered 2001-Private Property
|-
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|[[File:Seal Head Point Station 1970s RD.jpg|none|thumb|198x198px|Site 1A 1970s]]
|[[File:Seal Head Point Station 1970s RD.jpg|none|thumb|198x198px|Loc. 150 Site 1A 1970s]]
|[[Seal Head MR|Seal Head Point ME]]
|[[Seal Head MR|Loc. 150]] Seal Head Point
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* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery 204]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery 204]]-Upper
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|Razed 1979-Private Property
|Razed 1979-Private Property
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|[[File:Loc. 149 Sisters Point 1940s.jpg|none|thumb|186x186px|Loc. 149 Site 1A 1940s GSA]]
|[[Sisters Point MR|Loc. 149]] Sisters Point
|
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|[[Sisters Point MR|Sisters Point ME]]
* [[Fort Foster|Battery 205]] 1942 HD OPS 3 1944-Upper
|
* [[Fort Foster|Battery 205]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery 204]]-Middle
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery 204]]-Middle
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Lower
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Lower
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|Razed 2004-Private Property
|Razed 2004-Private Property
|-
|-
|[[File:Fort Foster ... 05.jpg|none|thumb|197x197px|Site 1B]]
|[[File:Fort Foster .5.jpg|none|thumb|193x193px|Loc. 148 Site 2B]]
|[[Fort Foster|Kittery ME]]
|[[Fort Foster|Loc. 148]] Fort Foster
|
* Secondary Mines I OP-West
* Mine Group I OP-East
|Rectangular Tower - Three Stories
|1942
|
|
* [[Fort Foster|Battery 205]] BC OP-Upper
* MG1 Command Post on second floor
* [[Fort Foster|Battery 205]] Battery Command Post-Lower
|Fort Foster Park - Converted to restrooms 1970s
|Square Tower - Six Stories
|-
|[[File:Appledore Island MR 04.jpg|none|thumb|193x193px|Loc. 141 Site 1A]]
|[[Appledore Island MR|Loc. 141]] Appledore Island
|
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Upper
* [[Fort Foster|Battery 205]]-Middle
* [[Fort Dearborn]]-Lower
|Square Tower - Seven Stories
|1944
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 6
* SCR 296 for [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]] on roof. Operations and generators on first two floors
|Joint UNH Cornell Radio Tower - No access
|-
|[[File:ConstitutionFt 39.jpg|none|thumb|195x195px|Loc. 147 Site 1B]]
|[[Fort Constitution|Loc. 147]] Fort Constitution
|Mines I-Upper
|Square Tower - Two Stories
|1942
|
* Mines I Plotting room on first floor
* HD OPS 2 from 1942-44
* Built on Battery Farnsworth
|Entire battery is UNH storage and fenced off
|-
|[[File:Loc. 145 HECP HD OPS 2 exterior.jpg|none|thumb|197x197px|Loc. 145 Site 1D]]
|[[Fort Stark|Loc. 145]] Fort Stark
|HD OPS 2-Upper
|Unusual design "modernistic building"-Three Stories
|1943
|
* Combined with the HECP/HDCP built on Battery Kirk
|Fort Stark State Historic Site - Fenced off
|-
|[[File:Loc. 144 G1 OP and B 103 BC.jpg|none|thumb|197x197px|Loc. 144 Site 1A]]
|[[Fort Dearborn|Loc. 144]] Frost Point - Fort Dearborn
|
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]] BC-North
* Gun Group 1 OP-South
|Rectangular Side-By-Side - One Story
|1943
|
* Atop [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]
* Not combined with G1 Command Post
|Odiorne Point State Park-Open to public
|-
|[[File:Pulpit Rock Tower.jpg|none|thumb|199x199px|Loc. 142 Site 2A]]
|[[Pulpit Rock Camp|Loc. 142]] Pulpit Rock
|
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery 204]]-Lower
|Cylindrical Tower - Eight Stories
|1942
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 7
* Manned through WWII
* Used by Navy Post War and Fish and Game
|Open twice a year by [https://friendsofpulpitrocktower.org FOPRT]
|-
|[[File:Loc. 139 Rye Ledge FCT 1987 Roger.tif|none|thumb|200x200px|Loc. 139 Site 1A 1987]]
|[[Rye Ledge MR|Loc. 139]] Rye Ledge
|
* [[Fort Foster|Battery 205]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Middle
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery 204]]-Lower
|Square Tower - Three Stories w/ a 2 1/2 Story wooden cottage
|1943
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 5
* Heavily renovated 1967
|Razed 2007-Private Property
|-
|[[File:Loc. 138 Great Boars Head 2021.jpg|none|thumb|200x200px|Loc. 138 Site 1A]]
|[[Great Boars Head MR|Loc. 138]] Great Boars Head
|
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery 204]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Lower
|Square Tower with slightly chamfered edges - Six Stroies
|1943
|1943
|
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* Large wooden summer house in front of tower used as barracks for 205 and tower. Razed 1970s
* Anti-Aircraft OP 4
|Fort Foster Park - Locked Up
* Used by MIT Lincoln Labs for SAGE in the 50s-60s
|Private Property
|-
|-
|[[File:Appledore Island MR 04.jpg|none|thumb|193x193px|Site 1A]]
|[[Appledore Island MR|Appledore Island ME]]
|
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|[[Salisbury Beach MR|Loc. 137B]] Salisbury Beach
|
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* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Upper
|Square Tower - Three Stories w/ 2 1/2 Story wooden cottage.
|1943
|
* Disguised as cottage
* Anti-Aircraft OP 3
|Razed 1958 - Public Beach
|-
|[[File:Plum Island Station.jpg|none|thumb|202x202px|Loc. 137A Site 1A 1950s]]
|[[Plum Island MR|Loc. 137A]] Plum Island
|
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]
|Square Tower on legs - One Story
|1943
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 2
* Leased from Fish and Wildlife Service 1942
* Used to store explosives by Mass National Guard 1950s
|Razed 1953 - section of dunes where the station was is off limits
|-
|[[File:Loc. 137 Castle Hill RCW 4-6 1944.png|none|thumb|202x202px|Loc. 137 Site 1A from 1944 RCW]]
|[[Castle Hill MR|Loc. 137]] Castle Hill
|
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]
* [[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]
|Two Story Cottage
|1944
|1944
|
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 1 HD Portsmouth
* Well shelter built behind station
|Razed 1948 - Trustees of Reservations park
|-
|-
|[[File:ConstitutionFt 39.jpg|none|thumb|195x195px|Site 1B]]
|[[File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 44.jpg|none|thumb|204x204px|Loc. 136 Site 1A]]
|[[Fort Constitution|New Castle NH]]
|[[Halibut Point MR|Loc. 136]] Halibut Point
|
* [[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]-Upper
* Groupement 2 OP 4-Middle
* [[Fort Dearborn|Battery Seaman]]-Lower
|Square Tower with chamfered top level - Five Stories w/ 1 1/2 Story wooden cottage
|1943
|
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 18
* Used by MIT Lincoln Labs for SAGE 1950s-60s
* Became State Park HQ 1980
|Halibut Point State Park - Open on Weekends
|-
|[[File:Emerson Point FCT TW 13.jpg|none|thumb|206x206px|Loc. 135 Site 1A]]
|[[Emerson Point MR|Loc. 135]] Emerson Point
|
|
|1942
* [[Fort Dawes|Battery 105]]-Upper
* [[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]-Middle
* Groupement 2 OP 3-Lower
|Cylindrical Tower - Six Stories
|1943
|
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 17
|Private Property
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Fort Stark|New Castle NH]]
|[[Eastern Point MR|Loc. 134A]] Eastern Point
|<u>Site 1A</u>
HD OP 1-Upper
|
|
* [[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]-East
* [[Fort Dawes]]-West
|Rectangular Tower - Three Stories w/ Two Story wooden cottage
|1943
|1943
|
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 16
* Converted to residence
|Private Property
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Fort Dearborn|Frost Point Rye NH]]
|[[Coolidge Point MR|Loc. 134]] Coolidge Point
|
|
* [[Fort Duvall|Battery Long]]-Upper
* [[Fort Ruckman|Battery Gardener]]-Middle
* Spare-Lower
|Square Tower - Five Stories
|1943
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 15
* Barracks combined with house to make residence 1974
|Private Property
|-
|
|
|[[Gales Point MR|Loc. 133]] Gales Point
|
* [[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]
* [[Fort Dawes|Battery 105]]\
* [[East Point MR|Battery 206]]
|Square Tower with top two levels chamfered - Ten Stories
|1944
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 14
* SCR 296 on roof [[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]
* Converted to upscale residence 1970s and 90s
|Private Property
|-
|[[File:Marblehead Neck 1A 2024.jpg|none|thumb|261x261px|Loc. 132 Site 1A]]
|[[Marblehead Neck MR|Loc. 132]] Marblehead Neck - Site 1A
|
*[[Outer Brewster MR|Battery Jewell]]-Upper
*[[East Point MR|Battery 206]]-Middle
*[[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]-Lower
|Square Tower w/ Peaked roof - Five Stories
|1943
|1943
|
|
*Excellent condition w/ functional light system
|Private Property
|-
|-
|[[File:Marblehead Neck Site 2A.jpg|none|thumb|261x261px|Loc. 132 Site 2A]]
|[[Marblehead Neck MR|Loc. 132]] Marblehead Neck - Site 2A
|
|
|[[Pulpit Rock Camp|Rye NH]]
*[[Fort Duvall|Battery Long]]-Upper
*[[Fort Ruckman|Battery Gardener]]-Lower
|Wooden Cottage - Three Stories
|1941
|
|
*Converted to private residence
*Anti-Aircraft OP 13
|Private Property
|-
|[[File:Marblehead Neck Site 3A 1940s.jpg|none|thumb|371x371px|Loc. 132 Site 3A 1940s]]
|[[Marblehead Neck MR|Loc. 132]] Marblehead Neck - Site 3A
|
|
|1942
*[[Fort Dawes|Battery 207]]-Upper
*[[Fort Dawes|Battery 105]]-Middle
*Groupement 2 OP 2-Lower
|Square Tower - Six Stories
|1943
|
|
* SCR 296 for [[East Point MR|Battery 206]] on steel tower nearby
|Razed 195? - Private Property
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Rye Ledge MR|Rye NH]]
|[[East Point MR|Loc. 131]] East Point - Site 1A
|
* [[East Point MR|Battery 206]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dawes|Battery 105]]-Midde
* Gun Group 6 OP & CP
|Square Tower - Eight Stories<br />
|1943
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 12
|Private property
|-
|
|
|[[East Point MR|Loc. 131]] East Point - Site 2A
|
|
*[[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]-Upper
* [[Fort Ruckman|Battery Gardener]]-Middle
* [[East Point MR|Battery 206]] BC-Lower
|Square Tower - Eight Stories
|1943
|1943
|
|
* Identical to 1A
|Private Property
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Great Boars Head MR|Hampton NH]]
|[[East Point MR|Loc. 131]] East Point - Site 4A
|
*[[Fort Duvall|Battery Long]]-Upper
* [[Outer Brewster MR|Battery Jewell]]-Middle
* Gun Group 7 OP & CP
|Square Tower - Six Stories
|1943
|
*SCR 296 for [[Fort Ruckman|Battery Gardener]] on roof
* Attached to private home
|Private Property
|-
|
|
|[[East Point MR|Loc. 131]] East Point - Site 5A
|
|
*[[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]] BC-South
* [[Fort Dawes|Battery 207]]-North
|Cottage - Two Stories
|1943
|1943
|
|
|Razed 195? - Private Property
|-
|
|[[Fort Ruckman|Loc. 130]] Fort Ruckman
|
* [[Fort Ruckman|Battery Gardener]] BC-Upper
* [[Fort Andrews|Battery McCook]]-Middle
* [[Fort Standish|Battery Whipple]]-Lower
|Square Tower - Six Stories w/ a Single Story cottage at the rear
|1942
|
* Groupement 2 CP in wooden cottage
* Private Residence
|Private Property
|-
|
|[[Fort Heath|Loc. 129]] Fort Heath
|[[Fort Andrews|Battery McCook]]
|Three Station Endicott Side-by-Side Station - One Story
|1901-1907
Splinterproofed 1943
|
* Modernized Endicott station
* Anti-Aircraft OP 11 in sandbagged position front of station
|Razed 1950s - Fort Heath Park
|-
|
|[[Fort Dawes|Loc. 127]] Fort Dawes - Site 1C
|
* [[Fort Andrews|Battery McCook]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1924
|
* Served [[Fort Banks|Battery Kellog]] until WWII
|Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
|-
|
|[[Fort Dawes|Loc. 127]] Fort Dawes - Site 1D
|[[Fort Dawes|Battery 207]] BC
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1924
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 10
|Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Salisbury Beach MR|Salisbury MA]]
|[[Fort Dawes|Loc. 127]] Fort Dawes - Site 1E
|Gun Group 4 OP & CP
|Rectangular Station w/ Semi-Circle front
|1942
|
|
* In HECP
|Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
|-
|
|
|[[Fort Dawes|Loc. 127]] Fort Dawes - Site 1G
|[[Fort Dawes|Battery 105]] BC
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1924
|
* Served [[Fort Banks|Battery Lincoln]] until  WWII
|Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
|-
|
|[[Fort Dawes|Loc. 127]] Fort Dawes - Site 1H
|[[Fort Dawes|Battery 207]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1924
|
* Served [[Fort Heath|Battery Winthrop]] until 1943
|Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
|-
|
|[[Fort Dawes|Loc. 127]] Fort Dawes - Site 1I
|
*[[Fort Standish|Battery Whipple]]
* Mines II Primary Station
* Groupement 2 OP 1
|Side-by-side w/ earth berm - One Story
|1907 - rebuilt 1943
|
* New concrete station built on foundation of 1907 station 1944
|Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
|-
|
|[[Outer Brewster MR|Loc. 126]] Outer Brewster
|
* [[Outer Brewster MR|Battery Jewell]]-South[[Outer Brewster MR|Battery Jewell]] BC -North
|Rectangular Side-By-Side Manhole Station - One Story
|1943
|1943
|
|
* Built atop [[Outer Brewster MR|Battery Jewell]]
* Anti-Aircraft OP 9
|Boston Harbor Islands National Park - Open to public
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Plum Island MR|Plum Island MA]]
|[[Great Brewster MR|Loc. 124]] Great Brewster
|
* Mines II Secondary Station
|Manhole Station -One Story
|1944
|
* Toppled by Navy Ordnance crew
|Toppled 1970s - Boston Harbor Islands National Park
|-
|
|
|[[Fort Standish|Loc. 123]] Fort Standish
|
|
* [[Fort Standish|Battery Whipple]]
|Square Tower on legs - One Story
|1943
|1943
|
|
|Boston Harbor Islands National Park - Open to public
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Castle Hill MR|Ipswitch MA]]
|[[Fort Strong|Loc. 122]] Fort Strong
|
* Mines II Battery Command Station
|Side-by-Side split level station - classic Endicott design - One Story
|1906?
rebuilt 1940s?
|
|
* Located next to Battery Drum
* Built inside the former double mine op and in 1938 MBC 2 and plotting rooms
|Razed 1960s - Closed to public
|-
|
|
|1944
|[[Fort Warren|Loc. 121]] Fort Warren - Site 1A
|
*Gun Group 5 OP & CP
|Square Tower - Two Stories
|1903
top level rebuilt 1943
|
*Originally for [[Fort Warren|Battery Adams]] then converted to the Fort Signal Station ca. 1920
*Anti-Aircraft OP 8
*Signal Station on first floor
*Gun Group 5 was for the mines
|Closed to public
|-
|
|[[Fort Warren|Loc. 121]] Fort Warren - Site 1B
|
*Mines I OP
* Mines I Primary
|Square Tower - One Story
|1942
|
|
* Built on the site of a 1908 double mine station
|Open to public
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Halibut Point MR|Rockport MA]]
|[[Point Allerton MR|Loc. 120]] Point Allerton - Site 1B
|
|
*[[Fort Ruckman|Battery Gardener]]-Upper
*[[Fort Duvall|Battery Long]] BC - West Middle
*Groupement 1 OP 3 - East Middle
*Harbor Defense Observation Post & Groupement 1 CP - West Lower
*[[Fort Duvall|Battery Long]]-East Lower
|Large Cottage - Four Stories
|1926 modernized 1942
|
|
*Replaced and earlier station after fire
*SCR 682 on roof
|Razed 1978 - Private Property
|-
|
|[[Point Allerton MR|Loc. 120]] Point Allerton - Site 1C
|
*[[East Point MR|Battery 206]]-North
*[[Fort Dawes|Battery 105]]-South
|Rectangular Side-By-Side - One Story
|1943
|1943
|
|
*Garage design
|Razed 1978 - Private Property
|-
|-
|
|
|[[Emerson Point MR|Rockport MA]]
|[[Point Allerton MR|Loc. 120]] Point Allerton - Site 1D
|
|
*[[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]-Upper
*[[Outer Brewster MR|Battery Jewell]]-Middle
*[[Fort Dawes|Battery 207]]-Lower
|Square Tower with top two levels chamfered - Seven Stories
|1943
|
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 7
|Private Property
|-
|[[File:Loc 119 Site 1C front.jpg|none|thumb|194x194px|Site 1C]]
|[[Fort Revere|Loc. 119]] Fort Revere
|
* Mines I Secondary Station
|Manhole Station with rear entrance - One Story
|ca. 1920
|
* Camouflage paint still on exterior
* Used by Navy postwar
|Private Property but wide open
|-
|
|[[Fort Andrews|Loc. 117]] Fort Andrews
|
* [[Fort Andrews|Battery McCook]]
|Square Tower - One Story
|1944
|
* Very good condition-hard to locate
|Boston Harbor Islands National Park - Open to public
|-
|
|[[Strawberry Hill MR|Loc. 116]] Strawberry Hill
|
* [[Fort Standish|Battery Whipple]]
|Square Tower on legs - One story
|1943
|1943
|
|
|}
* Built in berm of 1907 station
* Anti-Aircraft OP 6
|Razed ca. 1951 - Private Property
|-
|[[File:Loc. 115 Site 1A.jpg|none|thumb|240x240px|Loc. 115 Site 1A]]
|[[Strawberry Point MR|Loc. 115]] Strawberry Point - Site 1A
|
* [[East Point MR|Battery 206]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dawes|Battery 207]]-Middle
* Spare-Lower
|Square Tower - Eight Stories


Prouts Neck Tower--Razed 2004--Private Property--[[Prouts Neck MR]]


Biddeford Pool Tower--Razed 195?--On a Golf Course--[[Biddeford Pool MR]]
|1943


Cape Porpoise Tower--Razed 1949 by USACE--Private Property--[[Cape Porpoise MR]]
|
* Sealed with concrete
* Anti-Aircraft OP


Great Hill/Gelaspus Point--Razed 1949--Private Property--[[Gelaspus Point MR]]
|Private Property
|-
|[[File:Loc. 115 Site 1B.jpg|none|thumb|240x240px|Loc. 115 Site 1B]]
|[[Strawberry Point MR|Loc. 115]] Strawberry Point - Site 1B
|
*[[Fourth Cliff MR|Battery 208]]-Upper
* Gun Group 2 OP-North
* [[Fort Dawes|Battery 105]]-South
|Cottage - Three Stories
|1944
|
*Converted to Residence
* Groupement 2 CP
|Private Property
|-
|[[File:Loc 115 Site 1C 1945.tif|none|thumb|239x239px|Loc. 115 Site 1C]]
|[[Strawberry Point MR|Loc. 115]] Strawberry Point - Site 1C
|
*[[Fort Duvall|Battery Long]]-Upper
* [[Fort Ruckman|Battery Gardener]]-Lower
|Steel Tower - Two Story Cab
|1941
|
*Dismantled 1948
* Had Anti-Aircraft OP until 1943
|Dismantled 1948 - Private {rp[erty
|-
|[[File:Loc 115 Site 1D.jpg|none|thumb|222x222px|Loc. 115 Site 1D]]
|[[Strawberry Point MR|Loc. 115]] Strawberry Point - Site 1D
|
*[[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]-Upper
* [[Outer Brewster MR|Battery Jewell]]-North Lower
* Groupement 1 OP 2-South Lower
|Cottage - Two Stories
|1943
|
* Converted to Residence
|Private Property
|-
|
|[[Fourth Cliff MR|Loc. 114]] Fourth Cliff - Site 1A
|
*[[East Point MR|Battery Murphy]]-Upper
*Gun Group 1 OP-North Lower
*[[Outer Brewster MR|Battery Jewell]]-South Lower
|Cottage - Three Stories
|
* Gun Group 1 CP on first floor
* Restored 2020
|Private Property - Hanscom recreation area
|-
|
|[[Fourth Cliff MR|Loc. 114]] Fourth Cliff - Site 1B
|
*[[Fourth Cliff MR|Battery 208]] BC-North
*[[Fort Dawes|Battery 105]]-South
|Manhole - One Story w/ One Story wooden cottage on roof
|
*Built atop Battery 208
* Wooden cottage removed
|Private Property - Hanscom recreation area
|-
|
|[[Fourth Cliff MR|Loc. 114]] Fourth Cliff - Site 1C
|
*[[Fort Duvall|Battery Long]]-Upper
*[[Fourth Cliff MR|Battery 208]]-Middle
*Spare-Lower
|Square Tower - Five Stories w/ One Story wooden cottage attached
|
* Wooden cottage removed 1990s
|Private Property - Hanscom recreation area
|-
|
|[[Brant Rock MR|Loc. 112]] - Brant Rock
|
* [[Fort Duvall|Battery Long]]-Upper
* [[Fort Dawes|Battery 105]]-Middle
* [[Fourth Cliff MR|Battery 208]]-Lower
|Square Tower - Eight Stories
|1943
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 3
* Converted to residence 1970s - now being restored
|Private Property
|-
|[[File:Gurnet Point Fire Control Station 01.jpg|none|thumb|191x191px|Site 1A ca. 1995]]
|[[Gurnet Point MR|Loc. 111]] - Gurnet Point
|
* [[Fourth Cliff MR|Battery 208]]-Upper
* Groupement 1 OP 1
|Square Tower with attached generator room - three Stories
|1943
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 2 HD Boston
* Middle level used for USCG observation
* Located atop a rampart of old Fort Andrew
|Razed 1998 - Open to public
|-
|
|[[Gayhead MR|Loc. 59]] Gayhead - Site 1A
|
* [[Mishuam Point MR|Battery 210]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1942
|
* Station buried to roof w/ viewing platform built around
|Aquinnah Cliffs - Buried w/ no access
|-
|
|[[Gayhead MR|Loc. 59]] Gayhead - Site 2
|
* [[Fort Church|Battery Gray]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1942
|
* Fell to beach 1970s
|Aquinnah Cliffs - Could be rubble by now
|-
|
|[[Naushon Island MR|Loc. 58]] Naushon Island - Site 1A
|
* [[Mishuam Point MR|Battery 210]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1942
|
* Anti-Aircraft OP 6
* Barracks foundation adjacent to station
|Private Property
|-
|
|[[Naushon Island MR|Loc. 58]] Naushon Island - Site 2A
|
* [[Mishuam Point MR|Battery 210]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1942
|
* Support building foundations remain nearby
|Private Property
|-
|
|[[Naushon Island MR|Loc. 58]] Naushon Island - Site 2B
|
* [[Fort Rodman|Battery Milliken]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1942
|
* Support building foundations remain nearby
|Private Property
|-
|
|[[Cuttyhunk Island MR|Loc. 57]] Cuttyhunk Island - Site 1A
|
* Spare
|Manhole Station - One Story
|?
|
* It is unknown to the author if this station was actually built
|Cuttyhunk Island Town Land - Open to public
|-
|
|[[Cuttyhunk Island MR|Loc. 57]] Cuttyhunk Island - Site 1B
|
* [[Fort Church|Battery 212]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1942
|
|Cuttyhunk Island Town Land - Sealed 2021
|-
|
|[[Cuttyhunk Island MR|Loc. 57]] Cuttyhunk Island - Site 1C
|
* [[Mishuam Point MR|Battery 210]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1942
|
|Cuttyhunk Island Town Land - Sealed 2021
|-
|
|[[Cuttyhunk Island MR|Loc. 57]] Cuttyhunk Island - Site 1D
|
* [[Fort Church|Battery Gray]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1942
|
|Cuttyhunk Island Town Land - Sealed 2021
|-
|
|[[Cuttyhunk Island MR|Loc. 57]] Cuttyhunk Island - Site 1E
|
* [[Fort Church|Battery Reilly]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1942
|
|Cuttyhunk Island Town Land - Sealed 2021
|-
|
|[[Cuttyhunk Island MR|Loc. 57]] Cuttyhunk Island - Site 2A
|
* [[Fort Rodman|Battery Milliken]]
|Manhole Station - One Story
|1942
|
*Anti-Aircraft OP 5
* Still has DPF pedestal
* Switchboard and powerhouse nearby
* Observation deck built on roof
|Lookout Park - No access to interior
|-
|
|[[West Island MR|Loc. 58A]] West Island
|
* [[Fort Rodman|Battery Milliken]]-Upper
* [[Mishuam Point MR|Battery 210]]-Lower
|Square Tower - Not separated by floors until top
|1943
|
* Sealed up
* Disguised as lighthouse
* Anti-Aircraft OP 3
|West Island Town Beach - Open to public
|-
|
|[[Fort Rodman|Loc. 55]] Fort Rodman
|
* Harbor Defense Observation Station & Gun Group 2 OP
|Manhole - One Story
|1943
|
* On top of Battery Milliken
|Fort Taber Park - Open to public
|-
|
|[[Round Hill MR|Loc. 51]] Mishuam Point
|
* [[Fort Rodman|Battery Milliken]]-Upper
* [[Mishuam Point MR|Battery 210]]-Lower
|Cottage
|1943
|
* One level incorporated into a home
* Anti-Aircraft OP 2
|Any remains demolished 2008 - Private Property
|-
|
|[[Gooseberry Neck MR|Loc. 51]] Gooseberry Island - Site 1B
|
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 109]]-Upper
* [[Fort Church|Battery Reilly]]-Lower
|Cottage - Three Stories


Moody Point Station--Partially Razed 1965--Garnsey Brothers Real Estate--[[Moody Point MR]]
|1942
 
|
Bald Head Station--Razed 1964--Bald Head Cliff Hotel--[[Bald Head Cliff MR]]
|Gooseberry Neck Reservation - Open to Public
 
|-
York Cliffs Station--Altered 2001--Private Property--[[Cape Neddick MR]]
|
 
|[[Gooseberry Neck MR|Loc. 51]] Gooseberry Island - Site 1D
Seal Head Station--Razed 1979--Private Property--[[Seal Head Point MR]]
|
 
*Spare-Upper
Sisters Point Tower--Razed 2004--Private Property--[[Sisters Point MR]]
* [[Fort Church|Battery Gray]]-Middle
 
* [[Fort Church|Battery 212]]-Lower
Fort Foster Towers (Two)--Double Mine OP & Battery Commanders Tower--Sealed--[[Fort Foster]]
|Square Tower - Not separated by floors until top
 
|1942
Appledore Island Tower--Closed to public--[[Appledore Island MR]]
|
 
*Disguised as lighthouse
=== NEW HAMPSHIRE ===
* Anti-Aircraft OP 1 HD New Bedford
Fort Constitution Tower--Mine OP--Fenced Off--[[Fort Constitution]]
|Sealed - Gooseberry Neck Reservation
 
|-
Fort Stark HECP--HDOP 1--Fenced Off--[[Fort Stark]]
|[[File:Loc. 50 Site 1E 1962.jpg|none|thumb|205x205px|Loc. 50 Site 1E 1962]]
 
|[[Gooseberry Neck MR|Loc. 51]] Gooseberry Island - Site 1E
Fort Dearborn Station--Gun Group 1 Station--Built into 103 BC Station--Open to public--[[Fort Dearborn]]
|
 
* [[Fort Rodman|Battery Milliken]]-Upper
Pulpit Rock Tower--Open occasionally--[[Pulpit Rock Camp]]
* [[Mishuam Point MR|Battery 210]]-Lower
 
|Cottage - Three Stories
Rye Ledge Station--Razed 2007-Private Property--[[Rye Ledge MR]]
|1943
 
|
Great Boars Head/Hampton Beach Tower--Private Property--[[Great Boars Head MR]]
|Razed 1978 - Gooseberry Neck Reservation
 
|-
=== MASSACHUSETTS ===
|
Plum Island Station--Razed 1950s--Closed to public--[[Plum Island MR]]
|[[Warren Point MR|Loc. 49]] Warren Point - Site 1A
 
|
Salisbury Beach Station--Collapsed 1958--Public beach--[[Salisbury Beach MR]]
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery Hamilton]]-West Upper
 
* [[Fort Church|Battery 212]]-East Upper
Crane Estate/Castle Hill Station--Razed 1948--Open to public--[[Castle Hill MR]]
* Gun Group 5 OP & CP-West Lower
 
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 109]]-East Lower
Halibut Point Tower--Altered 1996 & 2018--Open on weekends--[[Halibut Point MR]]
|Cottage - Two Stories
 
|1943
Emerson Point Tower--Private Property--[[Emerson Point MR]]
|
 
* Gun Group 3 OP & CP in 1943
Eastern Point Station--Altered?--Private Property--[[Eastern Point MR]]
* Razed 2019
 
* SCR 296 on a steel tower for [[Fort Church|Battery 212]] nearby
Coolidge Point Tower--Altered 1974--Private Property--[[Coolidge Point MR]]
|Razed 2019 - Private Property
 
|-
Smith/Gales Point Station--Altered 1976--Private Property--[[Gales Point MR]]
|
 
|[[Warren Point MR|Loc. 49]] Warren Point - Site 1B
Marblehead Neck Towers (Three)--One 5 story razed 1950s, One Cottage slightly altered & One 5 Story--All Private Property--[[Marblehead Neck MR]]
|
 
*[[Fort Church|Battery Gray]]-Upper
Nahant Towers (Five)--Two 8 story, Two 6 story & One cottage razed 1950s--All Private Property--[[Fort Ruckman]], [[East Point MR]]
* [[Fort Church|Battery Reilly]]-West Lower
 
* Groupement 3 OP - Center Lower
Deer Island Stations (Amount Undetermined)--All Stations razed 1988-92--No access--[[Fort Dawes]]
* [[Fort Church|Battery 212]]-East Lower
 
|Cottage - Three Stories
Lovells Island Stations (Two)--Mine OP & FCS--Open to public--[[Fort Standish]]
|1942
 
|
Great Brewster Island Mine OP (pushed off bluff 197? for safety)--[[Great Brewster MR]]
*Originally Groupement 2 OP & CP
 
* Groupement 3 CP on first floor
Outer Brewster Island Station--Atop Battery Jewell--Open to public--[[Outer Brewster Island MR]]
* Anti-Aircraft OP ?
 
|Razed 1970 - Private Property
Georges Island (Two)--Mine OP--Repurposed Endicott tower for Gun Group 5--Open to public--[[Fort Warren]]
|-
 
|[[File:1976 Sachuest Farmhouse Station.jpg|none|thumb|218x218px|Loc. 46 Site 1A 1976]]
Point Allerton Stations (Three WWII)--One 7 story FCT--One 4 story FCS (Razed 1978)--One 1 story FCS (Razed 1978)--All Private Property--[[Point Allerton MR]]
|[[Sachuest Point MR|Loc. 46]] Sauchest Point - Site 1A
 
|
Strawberry Hill Station--Razed 195? --located in front of 1907 station (now home)--Private Property--[[Strawberry Hill MR]]
* Spare-Upper
 
* [[Fort Burnside|Battery 213]]-Lower
Minot Stations (Four)--One 8 story FCT--One 5 story steel FCT (Dismantled 194?)--Two 2 story stations altered for residence--Private Property--[[Strawberry Point MR]]
|Cottage - Three Stories
 
|1943
Fourth Cliff Stations (Three)--One 5 story FCT--One 3 story FCS--One 1 story station--Private Property--[[Fourth Cliff MR]]
|
 
* Disguised as farmhouse
Gurnet Point Station--Razed 1998--Open to public--[[Gurnet Point MR]]
|Razed ca. 1981 Sachuest Point Refuge -Open to public
 
|-
Elizabeths Islands Stations (Ten)--Five on Cuttyhunk Is., Three on Naushon Is. & Two on Martha's Vineyard (One in surf and one buried)--All open to public--[[Elizabeth Islands MR]]
|[[File:Sachuest Site 1B 1974.jpg|none|thumb|225x225px|Loc. 46 Site 1B 1974]]
 
|[[Sachuest Point MR|Loc. 46]] Sauchest Point - Site 1B
West Island Tower--Sealed--Public Beach--[[Rocky Point MR]]
|
 
*[[Fort Church|Battery Gray]]-Upper
Round Hill Station--Razed 2008--Private Property--[[Round Hill MR]]
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery Hamilton]]-
 
|Barn - Three Stories
Gooseberry Neck Towers (Three)--One razed 1978--Sealed--[[Gooseberry Neck MR]]
|1942
 
|
=== RHODE ISLAND ===
* Anti-Aircraft OP ?
Warren Point Stations (Two)--One razed 1970 & other razed 2019--Private Property--[[Warren Point MR]]
|Razed ca. 1980 Sachuest Point Refuge -Open to public
 
|-
Sauchest Point Stations (Three)--All razed 197?--Open to public--[[Sauchest Point MR]]
|[[File:Preparing for Demolition.jpg|none|thumb|258x258px|Loc. 46 Site 1C 1981]]
 
|[[Sachuest Point MR|Loc. 46]] Sauchest Point - Site 1C
Beavertail Station--HECP w/ FC Stations--Private Property--[[Fort Burnside]]
|
 
*[[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 109]]-Upper
Conanicut Battery Stations (Six)--All built in 1921 but used thru WWII--All sealed--Public Park--[[Prospect Hill MR]]
* [[Fort Church|Battery Reilly]]-Middle
 
* [[Fort Church|Battery 212]]-Lower
The Bonnet Station--Mine OP--Private Property--[[Bonnet Point MR]]
|Cylindrical Tower - Four Stories
 
|1942
Camp Varnum Stations (Four)--Slightly altered--Active National Guard Base--[[Fort Varnum]]
|
 
* Disguised as silo
Point Judith Stations (Five)--Two Stations razed 1979--Two Stations damaged in storms--One tower part of Fishermans Visitors Center--Private Property--[[Fort Nathanael Greene]]
|Razed ca. 1981 Sachuest Point Refuge -Open to public
 
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Green Hill Stations (Three)--All razed before 1963--Private Property--[[Green Hill MR]]
|[[File:Loc. 43 Fort Wetherill Site 1D.jpg|none|thumb|238x238px|Loc. 43 Site 1D]]
 
|[[Fort Wetherill|Loc. 43]] Fort Wetherill - Site 1D
Charleston Station--Altered 2000--Private Property--[[Quonochontaug Neck MR]]
|Mines I Primary OP
 
|Manhole - One Story
Block Island Stations (Eight)--Four towers & Four cottages--Two razed between 1970-85 & Two razed between 1980-85--Private Property--[[Block Island MR]]
|1922
 
|
Noyes Neck Towers (Two)--Razed before 1963--Private Property--[[Noyes Neck MR]]
* Originally B' Battery Dickenson
 
|Open to public - Fort Wetherill State Park
Watch Hill Stations (Two)--One Cottage & One Tower--Razed immediately after WWII--[[Watch Hill MR]]
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|[[File:Loc. 43 Fort Wetherill Site 1E 1991.jpg|none|thumb|243x243px|Loc. 43 Site 1E 1991]]
'''<u>This list is subject to change as more pre-WWII Stations are added</u>'''
|[[Fort Wetherill|Loc. 43]] Fort Wetherill - Site 1E
|Mines II Secondary OP
|Side-by-Side split level station - classic Endicott design - One Story
|1909
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* Originally Double Mine Primary
|Burned 1996 - Fort Wetherill State Park
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|[[File:Loc. 41 Fort Burnside Site 1C HECP.jpg|none|thumb|242x242px|Loc. 41 Site 1C]]
|[[Fort Burnside|Loc. 41]] Fort Burnside - Site 1C
|
* Gun Group 3 OP, Gun Group 4 OP, Groupement 2 OP, [[Fort Burnside|Battery 213]] BC - Upper
* HECP HDOP - Lower
|Seaside Farmhouse - Three Stories
|1943
|
* HECP Facility
* G4 CP
* G3 CP
* C2 CP
|Closed to public - Beavertail State Park
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|
|[[Prospect Hill MR|Loc. 40]] Prospect Hill - Site 1A
|
* Mines I and Mines II Command Post
|Manhole - One Story
|1922
|
* Observation slit reinforced with steel beams 2023
* Originally C2 CP
* Converted to H station 1938
|Sealed up - Conanicut Battery Park
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|
|[[Prospect Hill MR|Loc. 40]] Prospect Hill - Site 1C
|
* Mines II Secondary OP
|Manhole Side by side - One Story
|1922
|
* Observation slit reinforced with steel beams 2023
* Originally [[Fort Getty|Battery Tousard]] and [[Fort Greble|Battery Sedgwick]] BC and B1
* 1938 Mines I Primary and plotting room
|Sealed up - Conanicut Battery Park
|-
|
|[[Bonnet Point MR|Loc. 36]] The Bonnet
|
* Mines I Primary OP
|Manhole - One Story
|1942
|
|Private Property
|-
|
|[[Fort Varnum|Loc. 35]] Fort Varnum - Site 1A
|
*[[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 109]]-Upper
* [[Fort Burnside|Battery 213]]-West Lower
* Gun Group 2 OP and CP-East Lower
|Cottage - Three Stories
|1943
|
* Some faux windows have been converted to the real thing
|Camp Varnum RI National Guard
|-
|
|[[Fort Varnum|Loc. 35]] Fort Varnum - Site 1B
|
*[[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery Hamilton]]-West
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 211]]-East
|Cottage - Two Stories
|1942
|
* Some faux windows have been converted to the real thing
|Camp Varnum RI National Guard
|-
|
|[[Fort Varnum|Loc. 35]] Fort Varnum - Site 1C
|
*[[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery Hamilton]]-Upper
* [[Fort Church|Battery 212]]-East Lower
* [[Fort Church|Battery Reilly]]-West Lower
|Cottage - Three Stories
|1942
|
* Some faux windows have been converted to the real thing
|Camp Varnum RI National Guard
|-
|
|[[Fort Varnum|Loc. 35]] Fort Varnum - Site 1D
|
*[[Fort Varnum|Battery House]]-Upper
* [[Fort Wetherill|Battery Dickenson]]-Lower
|Cottage - Three Stories
|1943
|
* Largely in original condition
* Plotting Room for Battery House
* FC Switchboard Room
|Camp Varnum RI National Guard
|-
|
|[[Fort Nathanael Greene|Loc. 34]] Fort Greene - Site 2C
|
* [[Fort Varnum|Battery House]]-North Upper
* [[Fort Church|Battery Reilly]]-South Upper
* [[Fort Wetherill|Battery Dickenson]]-North Lower
* Spare-South Lower
|Cottage - Two Stories
|1942
|
* Wooden cottage removed in the 1960s
|Behind a private home
|-
|
|[[Fort Nathanael Greene|Loc. 33]] Fort Greene - Site 1B
|
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery Hamilton]]-North Upper
* Spare-South Upper
* Gun Group 1 OP-North Lower
* Groupement 1 OP-South Lower
|Cottage - Three Stories
|1942
|
* C1 CP in basement
* G1 CP
|Camp Cronin
|-
|
|[[Fort Nathanael Greene|Loc. 33]] Fort Greene - Site 1C
|
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 211]] BC-North Upper
* [[Fort Church|Battery Gray]]-South Upper
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 109]]-North Lower
* Spare-South Lower
|Cottage - Two Stories
|1942
|
|Razed 1979 - Camp Cronin
|-
|
|[[Fort Nathanael Greene|Loc. 33]] Fort Greene - Site 1D
|
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 211]]-Upper
* [[Fort Burnside|Battery 213]]-Middle
* [[Fort Church|Battery 212]]-Lower
|Cottage - Three Stories
|1942
|
|Razed 1979 - Camp Cronin
|-
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|[[Green Hill MR|Loc. 32]] Green Hill - Site 1A
|
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery Hamilton]]-Upper
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 109]]-Lower
|Steel Tower - Two Story Cab
|1942
|
|Dismantled 1960s - Private Property
|-
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|[[Green Hill MR|Loc. 32]] Green Hill - Site 1B
|
* Battery 111-Upper
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 211]]-Lower
|Steel Tower - Two Story Cab
|1943
|
|Dismantled 1960s - Private Property
|-
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|[[Green Hill MR|Loc. 32]] Green Hill - Site 1C
|
* [[Fort Church|Battery Gray]]-Upper
* Spare-Middle
* [[Fort Burnside|Battery 213]]-Lower
|Steel Tower - Three Story Cab
|1943
|
|Dismantled 1960s - Private Property
|-
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|[[Charlestown MR|Loc. 31]] Charlestown
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* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery 211]]-Upper
* Battery 111-East Upper
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery Hamilton]]-West Lower
|Cottage - Three Stories
|1943
|
* Heavily renovated 2000
* Very far back from the ocean
|Private Residence
|-
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|[[Noyes Point MR|Loc. 29]] Noyes Point - Site 1A
|
* Spare-Upper
* Battery 215-Lower
|Steel Tower - Two Story Cab
|1943
|
* Not used for HD Narragansett Bay
|Dismantled mid 1960s - Private Property
|-
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|[[Noyes Point MR|Loc. 29]] Noyes Point - Site 1B
|
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery Hamilton]]-Upper
* Battery 111-Lower
|Steel Tower - Two Story Cab
|1943
|
|Dismantled mid 1960s - Private Property
|-
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|[[Watch Hill MR|Loc. 27]] Watch Hill - Site 2B
|
* Battery 215-Upper
* [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery Hamilton]]-Middle
* Battery 111-Lower
|Square Tower - Six Stories?
|1944
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* Behind Lighthouse
|Razed 1940s - Watch Hill Light
|-
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|[[Watch Hill MR|Loc. 27]] Watch Hill - Site 2A
|
* Battery 214-East
* Battery 216-West
|Cottage - One Story
|1944
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* Gasproofed Fire Control Switchboard
* In front of lighthouse
|Razed 1940s - Watch Hill Light
|}
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Latest revision as of 15:02, 28 January 2025


This list is of all the WWII (or used during WWII) Fire Control Stations (FCS) in New England. Included here are Base-End Stations, Spotting Stations, and Group Observation Stations (Mines, Gun Groups, Groupement's). I have not decided to include Battery Commanders Stations or Command Posts unless it is a combined station. This table can be searched by using Control+F (PC) or Command+F (Mac) Please contact me with any questions or corrections.

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 Location Batteries Served Style Completion Date Notes Accesibility
Loc. 170 Fort Baldwin Battery Steele-Upper Square Tower - Five Stories 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 10
  • Most Northern FC Station in New England
 Fort Baldwin State Historic Site - Open occasionally
Loc. 169 Small Point Square Tower - Six Stories 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 9
  • Fire Control Switchboard
  • A temporary station was built here for the 155mm battery at Fort Baldwin
 Private Property
Loc. 168 Bailey Island - Site 1B Square Tower - Six Stories 1943
  • Windows boarded up
 Private Property
Loc. 168 Bailey Island - Site 1C Square Tower - Eight Stories 1943 Private Property
Loc. 167 Jewell Island - Site 1B Disguised as castle tower - Four Stories 1934
  • One of two Fire Control Stations built for Battery Foote pre-WWII. It also served Battery Bowdoin at Fort Levett and Battery Ingalls when first built.
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 7
 State Park
Loc. 167 Jewell Island - Site 1D Square Tower - Eight Stories 1943 State Park
Loc. 166 Long Island Circular Tower disguised as a standpipe - Seven Stories 1943
  • Radar located on the roof for Battery Carpenter and backup for Battery Ferguson.
  • Operations and generator building converted to homes.
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 6
 Private Property
Loc. 163 Peaks Island - Site 1G Mines II CP Cottage Side-by-Side - Three Stories 1943 Converted to residence
Loc. 163 Peaks Island - Site 1H Square Tower - Six Stories 1943 Peaks Island Land Preserve
Loc. 163 Peaks Island - Site 1I Square Tower - Six Stories 1943 Peaks Island LandPreserve
Loc. 163 Peaks Island - Site 1J Groupement 1 Command Post Stucco Side-by-Side - One Story 1909
  • Used for mortar batteries originally
 Ruins - Peaks Island Land Preserve
Loc. 163 Peaks Island - Site 2A
  • Secondary Mines II OP
 Square Tower - One Story 1943 Private Property
Loc. 161 Site 1B
 Loc. 161 Fort Levett - Site 1B Secondary Mines I OP-Upper Square Tower - Two Stories 1920-1942
  • Built on Battery Daniels 1920 CRF Station.
  • DPF pedestal remained on upper floor-now at McKinley
 Cushing Island Conservation Corporation - Island Residents Only
Loc. 161 Site 1E
 Loc. 161 Fort Levett - Site 1E Square Tower - Eight Stories 1943
  • Many original windows remaining.
 Cushing Island Conservation Corporation - Island Residents Only
Loc. 161 Site 1H
 Loc. 161 Fort Levett - Site 1H Square Tower - Eight Stories 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 5 hanging off the back of the tower.
 Cushing Island Conservation Corporation - Island Residents Only
Loc. 161 Site 1J
 Loc. 161 Fort Levett - Site 1J
  • Gun-Group 1 Command-Upper
 Rectangular base w/ square tower - Two Stories 1943
  • Base of the station houses the G-1 Command Post which is larger than the station sitting atop it.
  • DPF mounting bolts drilled off.
 Cushing Island Conservation Corporation - Island Residents Only
Loc. 159 Site 1A
 Loc. 159 Trundy Point - Site 1A Steel Tower with concrete cab 1922
  • Only remaining steel tower North of New Jersey
  • Disguised as Fire Tower seen on mountains
  • One of two originally for Battery Foote
  • Steps to top partially removed for safety
 Private Property
Loc. 159 Site 1B
 Loc. 159 Trundy Point - Site 1B Square Tower - Eight Stories 1943
  • Sixth floor ladder removed
 Private Property
Loc. 158 Site 1B
 Loc. 158 Cape Elizabeth - Site 1B Cylindrical Tower to simulate silo - Six Stories 1943 Two Lights State Park
Loc. 158 Site 2A
 Loc. 158 Cape Elizabeth - Site 2A Built atop old lighthouse to simulate water tower - Two Stories 1874-1942
  • Built atop the Cape Elizabeth West Light
  • SCR 296 for Battery 201 on roof
  • Earlier 1925 station for Battery Kearny-Chase
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 4
 Private Property
Loc. 157 Site 1A 1990s
 Loc. 157 Prouts Neck Square Tower w/ chamfered corners- Seven Stories 1943
  • Four observation levels
  • 6th floor balcony
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 3
 Razed 2004-Private Property
Loc. 156 Site 1A 1940s
 Loc. 156 Fletchers Neck Square Tower - Six Stories w/ Two Story cottage surrounding. 1943
  • Disguised as church or school
  • Location of the station is still evident by depression in the ground
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 2
 Razed 195?-Private Property
Loc. 155 Site 1A 1945
 Loc. 155 Cape Porpoise Cylindrical Tower - Eight Stories 1942
  • Disguised as windmill?
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 1 HD Portland
 Razed 1949-Private Property
Loc. 154 Site 1A 1946
 Loc. 154 Gelaspus Point Square Tower with chamfered top level - Five Stories w/ 1 1/2 Story wooden cottage 1943
  • Disguised as belltower or church?
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 13
 Razed 1949-Private Property
Loc. 153 Site 1A
 Loc. 153 Moody Point Square Tower - Three Stories w/ 2 1/2 Story wooden cottage. 1943
  • Disguised as cottage
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 12
 Private Property
Loc. 152 Site 1A 1963
 Loc. 152 Bald Head Cliff Square Tower - Three Stories w/ 2 1/2 Story wooden cottage. 1943
  • Disguised as cottage
  • Building disguised as garage had a well and tank
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 11
 Razed 1964-Overbuilt
Loc. 151 Site 1A
 Loc. 151 Cape Neddick Square Tower - Two Stories w/ One Story wooden cottage 1943
  • Disguised as cottage
  • Building disguised as garage had FC switchboard
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 10
 Heavily altered 2001-Private Property
Loc. 150 Site 1A 1970s
 Loc. 150 Seal Head Point Square Tower - Three Stories w/ a 2 1/2 Story wooden cottage 1943
  • Disguised as large seaside home
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 9
 Razed 1979-Private Property
Loc. 149 Site 1A 1940s GSA
 Loc. 149 Sisters Point Square Tower - Five Stories 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 8 in a rear balcony
  • SCR 296 for Battery 205 nearby on steel girder tower
 Razed 2004-Private Property
Loc. 148 Site 2B
 Loc. 148 Fort Foster
  • Secondary Mines I OP-West
  • Mine Group I OP-East
 Rectangular Tower - Three Stories 1942
  • MG1 Command Post on second floor
 Fort Foster Park - Converted to restrooms 1970s
Loc. 141 Site 1A
 Loc. 141 Appledore Island Square Tower - Seven Stories 1944
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 6
  • SCR 296 for Battery Seaman on roof. Operations and generators on first two floors
 Joint UNH Cornell Radio Tower - No access
Loc. 147 Site 1B
 Loc. 147 Fort Constitution Mines I-Upper Square Tower - Two Stories 1942
  • Mines I Plotting room on first floor
  • HD OPS 2 from 1942-44
  • Built on Battery Farnsworth
 Entire battery is UNH storage and fenced off
Loc. 145 Site 1D
 Loc. 145 Fort Stark HD OPS 2-Upper Unusual design "modernistic building"-Three Stories 1943
  • Combined with the HECP/HDCP built on Battery Kirk
 Fort Stark State Historic Site - Fenced off
Loc. 144 Site 1A
 Loc. 144 Frost Point - Fort Dearborn Rectangular Side-By-Side - One Story 1943 Odiorne Point State Park-Open to public
Loc. 142 Site 2A
 Loc. 142 Pulpit Rock Cylindrical Tower - Eight Stories 1942
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 7
  • Manned through WWII
  • Used by Navy Post War and Fish and Game
 Open twice a year by FOPRT
Loc. 139 Site 1A 1987
 Loc. 139 Rye Ledge Square Tower - Three Stories w/ a 2 1/2 Story wooden cottage 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 5
  • Heavily renovated 1967
 Razed 2007-Private Property
Loc. 138 Site 1A
 Loc. 138 Great Boars Head Square Tower with slightly chamfered edges - Six Stroies 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 4
  • Used by MIT Lincoln Labs for SAGE in the 50s-60s
 Private Property
Loc. 137B Salisbury Beach Square Tower - Three Stories w/ 2 1/2 Story wooden cottage. 1943
  • Disguised as cottage
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 3
 Razed 1958 - Public Beach
Loc. 137A Site 1A 1950s
 Loc. 137A Plum Island Square Tower on legs - One Story 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 2
  • Leased from Fish and Wildlife Service 1942
  • Used to store explosives by Mass National Guard 1950s
 Razed 1953 - section of dunes where the station was is off limits
Loc. 137 Site 1A from 1944 RCW
 Loc. 137 Castle Hill Two Story Cottage 1944
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 1 HD Portsmouth
  • Well shelter built behind station
 Razed 1948 - Trustees of Reservations park
Loc. 136 Site 1A
 Loc. 136 Halibut Point Square Tower with chamfered top level - Five Stories w/ 1 1/2 Story wooden cottage 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 18
  • Used by MIT Lincoln Labs for SAGE 1950s-60s
  • Became State Park HQ 1980
 Halibut Point State Park - Open on Weekends
Loc. 135 Site 1A
 Loc. 135 Emerson Point Cylindrical Tower - Six Stories 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 17
 Private Property
Loc. 134A Eastern Point Rectangular Tower - Three Stories w/ Two Story wooden cottage 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 16
  • Converted to residence
 Private Property
Loc. 134 Coolidge Point Square Tower - Five Stories 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 15
  • Barracks combined with house to make residence 1974
 Private Property
Loc. 133 Gales Point Square Tower with top two levels chamfered - Ten Stories 1944
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 14
  • SCR 296 on roof Battery Murphy
  • Converted to upscale residence 1970s and 90s
 Private Property
Loc. 132 Site 1A
 Loc. 132 Marblehead Neck - Site 1A Square Tower w/ Peaked roof - Five Stories 1943
  • Excellent condition w/ functional light system
 Private Property
Loc. 132 Site 2A
 Loc. 132 Marblehead Neck - Site 2A Wooden Cottage - Three Stories 1941
  • Converted to private residence
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 13
 Private Property
Loc. 132 Site 3A 1940s
 Loc. 132 Marblehead Neck - Site 3A Square Tower - Six Stories 1943 Razed 195? - Private Property
Loc. 131 East Point - Site 1A Square Tower - Eight Stories
 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 12
 Private property
Loc. 131 East Point - Site 2A Square Tower - Eight Stories 1943
  • Identical to 1A
 Private Property
Loc. 131 East Point - Site 4A Square Tower - Six Stories 1943 Private Property
Loc. 131 East Point - Site 5A Cottage - Two Stories 1943 Razed 195? - Private Property
Loc. 130 Fort Ruckman Square Tower - Six Stories w/ a Single Story cottage at the rear 1942
  • Groupement 2 CP in wooden cottage
  • Private Residence
 Private Property
Loc. 129 Fort Heath Battery McCook Three Station Endicott Side-by-Side Station - One Story 1901-1907

Splinterproofed 1943

  • Modernized Endicott station
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 11 in sandbagged position front of station
 Razed 1950s - Fort Heath Park
Loc. 127 Fort Dawes - Site 1C Manhole Station - One Story 1924 Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
Loc. 127 Fort Dawes - Site 1D Battery 207 BC Manhole Station - One Story 1924
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 10
 Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
Loc. 127 Fort Dawes - Site 1E Gun Group 4 OP & CP Rectangular Station w/ Semi-Circle front 1942
  • In HECP
 Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
Loc. 127 Fort Dawes - Site 1G Battery 105 BC Manhole Station - One Story 1924 Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
Loc. 127 Fort Dawes - Site 1H Battery 207 Manhole Station - One Story 1924 Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
Loc. 127 Fort Dawes - Site 1I Side-by-side w/ earth berm - One Story 1907 - rebuilt 1943
  • New concrete station built on foundation of 1907 station 1944
 Razed 1988-92 - Overbuilt by MWRA
Loc. 126 Outer Brewster Rectangular Side-By-Side Manhole Station - One Story 1943 Boston Harbor Islands National Park - Open to public
Loc. 124 Great Brewster
  • Mines II Secondary Station
 Manhole Station -One Story 1944
  • Toppled by Navy Ordnance crew
 Toppled 1970s - Boston Harbor Islands National Park
Loc. 123 Fort Standish Square Tower on legs - One Story 1943 Boston Harbor Islands National Park - Open to public
Loc. 122 Fort Strong
  • Mines II Battery Command Station
 Side-by-Side split level station - classic Endicott design - One Story 1906?

rebuilt 1940s?

  • Located next to Battery Drum
  • Built inside the former double mine op and in 1938 MBC 2 and plotting rooms
 Razed 1960s - Closed to public
Loc. 121 Fort Warren - Site 1A
  • Gun Group 5 OP & CP
 Square Tower - Two Stories 1903

top level rebuilt 1943

  • Originally for Battery Adams then converted to the Fort Signal Station ca. 1920
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 8
  • Signal Station on first floor
  • Gun Group 5 was for the mines
 Closed to public
Loc. 121 Fort Warren - Site 1B
  • Mines I OP
  • Mines I Primary
 Square Tower - One Story 1942
  • Built on the site of a 1908 double mine station
 Open to public
Loc. 120 Point Allerton - Site 1B Large Cottage - Four Stories 1926 modernized 1942
  • Replaced and earlier station after fire
  • SCR 682 on roof
 Razed 1978 - Private Property
Loc. 120 Point Allerton - Site 1C Rectangular Side-By-Side - One Story 1943
  • Garage design
 Razed 1978 - Private Property
Loc. 120 Point Allerton - Site 1D Square Tower with top two levels chamfered - Seven Stories 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 7
 Private Property
Site 1C
 Loc. 119 Fort Revere
  • Mines I Secondary Station
 Manhole Station with rear entrance - One Story ca. 1920
  • Camouflage paint still on exterior
  • Used by Navy postwar
 Private Property but wide open
Loc. 117 Fort Andrews Square Tower - One Story 1944
  • Very good condition-hard to locate
 Boston Harbor Islands National Park - Open to public
Loc. 116 Strawberry Hill Square Tower on legs - One story 1943
  • Built in berm of 1907 station
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 6
 Razed ca. 1951 - Private Property
Loc. 115 Site 1A
 Loc. 115 Strawberry Point - Site 1A Square Tower - Eight Stories


1943
  • Sealed with concrete
  • Anti-Aircraft OP
 Private Property
Loc. 115 Site 1B
 Loc. 115 Strawberry Point - Site 1B Cottage - Three Stories 1944
  • Converted to Residence
  • Groupement 2 CP
 Private Property
Loc. 115 Site 1C
 Loc. 115 Strawberry Point - Site 1C Steel Tower - Two Story Cab 1941
  • Dismantled 1948
  • Had Anti-Aircraft OP until 1943
 Dismantled 1948 - Private {rp[erty
Loc. 115 Site 1D
 Loc. 115 Strawberry Point - Site 1D Cottage - Two Stories 1943
  • Converted to Residence
 Private Property
Loc. 114 Fourth Cliff - Site 1A Cottage - Three Stories
  • Gun Group 1 CP on first floor
  • Restored 2020
 Private Property - Hanscom recreation area
Loc. 114 Fourth Cliff - Site 1B Manhole - One Story w/ One Story wooden cottage on roof
  • Built atop Battery 208
  • Wooden cottage removed
 Private Property - Hanscom recreation area
Loc. 114 Fourth Cliff - Site 1C Square Tower - Five Stories w/ One Story wooden cottage attached
  • Wooden cottage removed 1990s
 Private Property - Hanscom recreation area
Loc. 112 - Brant Rock Square Tower - Eight Stories 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 3
  • Converted to residence 1970s - now being restored
 Private Property
Site 1A ca. 1995
 Loc. 111 - Gurnet Point Square Tower with attached generator room - three Stories 1943
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 2 HD Boston
  • Middle level used for USCG observation
  • Located atop a rampart of old Fort Andrew
 Razed 1998 - Open to public
Loc. 59 Gayhead - Site 1A Manhole Station - One Story 1942
  • Station buried to roof w/ viewing platform built around
 Aquinnah Cliffs - Buried w/ no access
Loc. 59 Gayhead - Site 2 Manhole Station - One Story 1942
  • Fell to beach 1970s
 Aquinnah Cliffs - Could be rubble by now
Loc. 58 Naushon Island - Site 1A Manhole Station - One Story 1942
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 6
  • Barracks foundation adjacent to station
 Private Property
Loc. 58 Naushon Island - Site 2A Manhole Station - One Story 1942
  • Support building foundations remain nearby
 Private Property
Loc. 58 Naushon Island - Site 2B Manhole Station - One Story 1942
  • Support building foundations remain nearby
 Private Property
Loc. 57 Cuttyhunk Island - Site 1A
  • Spare
 Manhole Station - One Story ?
  • It is unknown to the author if this station was actually built
 Cuttyhunk Island Town Land - Open to public
Loc. 57 Cuttyhunk Island - Site 1B Manhole Station - One Story 1942 Cuttyhunk Island Town Land - Sealed 2021
Loc. 57 Cuttyhunk Island - Site 1C Manhole Station - One Story 1942 Cuttyhunk Island Town Land - Sealed 2021
Loc. 57 Cuttyhunk Island - Site 1D Manhole Station - One Story 1942 Cuttyhunk Island Town Land - Sealed 2021
Loc. 57 Cuttyhunk Island - Site 1E Manhole Station - One Story 1942 Cuttyhunk Island Town Land - Sealed 2021
Loc. 57 Cuttyhunk Island - Site 2A Manhole Station - One Story 1942
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 5
  • Still has DPF pedestal
  • Switchboard and powerhouse nearby
  • Observation deck built on roof
 Lookout Park - No access to interior
Loc. 58A West Island Square Tower - Not separated by floors until top 1943
  • Sealed up
  • Disguised as lighthouse
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 3
 West Island Town Beach - Open to public
Loc. 55 Fort Rodman
  • Harbor Defense Observation Station & Gun Group 2 OP
 Manhole - One Story 1943
  • On top of Battery Milliken
 Fort Taber Park - Open to public
Loc. 51 Mishuam Point Cottage 1943
  • One level incorporated into a home
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 2
 Any remains demolished 2008 - Private Property
Loc. 51 Gooseberry Island - Site 1B Cottage - Three Stories 1942 Gooseberry Neck Reservation - Open to Public
Loc. 51 Gooseberry Island - Site 1D Square Tower - Not separated by floors until top 1942
  • Disguised as lighthouse
  • Anti-Aircraft OP 1 HD New Bedford
 Sealed - Gooseberry Neck Reservation
Loc. 50 Site 1E 1962
 Loc. 51 Gooseberry Island - Site 1E Cottage - Three Stories 1943 Razed 1978 - Gooseberry Neck Reservation
Loc. 49 Warren Point - Site 1A Cottage - Two Stories 1943
  • Gun Group 3 OP & CP in 1943
  • Razed 2019
  • SCR 296 on a steel tower for Battery 212 nearby
 Razed 2019 - Private Property
Loc. 49 Warren Point - Site 1B Cottage - Three Stories 1942
  • Originally Groupement 2 OP & CP
  • Groupement 3 CP on first floor
  • Anti-Aircraft OP ?
 Razed 1970 - Private Property
Loc. 46 Site 1A 1976
 Loc. 46 Sauchest Point - Site 1A Cottage - Three Stories 1943
  • Disguised as farmhouse
 Razed ca. 1981 Sachuest Point Refuge -Open to public
Loc. 46 Site 1B 1974
 Loc. 46 Sauchest Point - Site 1B Barn - Three Stories 1942
  • Anti-Aircraft OP ?
 Razed ca. 1980 Sachuest Point Refuge -Open to public
Loc. 46 Site 1C 1981
 Loc. 46 Sauchest Point - Site 1C Cylindrical Tower - Four Stories 1942
  • Disguised as silo
 Razed ca. 1981 Sachuest Point Refuge -Open to public
Loc. 43 Site 1D
 Loc. 43 Fort Wetherill - Site 1D Mines I Primary OP Manhole - One Story 1922
  • Originally B' Battery Dickenson
 Open to public - Fort Wetherill State Park
Loc. 43 Site 1E 1991
 Loc. 43 Fort Wetherill - Site 1E Mines II Secondary OP Side-by-Side split level station - classic Endicott design - One Story 1909
  • Originally Double Mine Primary
 Burned 1996 - Fort Wetherill State Park
Loc. 41 Site 1C
 Loc. 41 Fort Burnside - Site 1C
  • Gun Group 3 OP, Gun Group 4 OP, Groupement 2 OP, Battery 213 BC - Upper
  • HECP HDOP - Lower
 Seaside Farmhouse - Three Stories 1943
  • HECP Facility
  • G4 CP
  • G3 CP
  • C2 CP
 Closed to public - Beavertail State Park
Loc. 40 Prospect Hill - Site 1A
  • Mines I and Mines II Command Post
 Manhole - One Story 1922
  • Observation slit reinforced with steel beams 2023
  • Originally C2 CP
  • Converted to H station 1938
 Sealed up - Conanicut Battery Park
Loc. 40 Prospect Hill - Site 1C
  • Mines II Secondary OP
 Manhole Side by side - One Story 1922 Sealed up - Conanicut Battery Park
Loc. 36 The Bonnet
  • Mines I Primary OP
 Manhole - One Story 1942 Private Property
Loc. 35 Fort Varnum - Site 1A Cottage - Three Stories 1943
  • Some faux windows have been converted to the real thing
 Camp Varnum RI National Guard
Loc. 35 Fort Varnum - Site 1B Cottage - Two Stories 1942
  • Some faux windows have been converted to the real thing
 Camp Varnum RI National Guard
Loc. 35 Fort Varnum - Site 1C Cottage - Three Stories 1942
  • Some faux windows have been converted to the real thing
 Camp Varnum RI National Guard
Loc. 35 Fort Varnum - Site 1D Cottage - Three Stories 1943
  • Largely in original condition
  • Plotting Room for Battery House
  • FC Switchboard Room
 Camp Varnum RI National Guard
Loc. 34 Fort Greene - Site 2C Cottage - Two Stories 1942
  • Wooden cottage removed in the 1960s
 Behind a private home
Loc. 33 Fort Greene - Site 1B
  • Battery Hamilton-North Upper
  • Spare-South Upper
  • Gun Group 1 OP-North Lower
  • Groupement 1 OP-South Lower
 Cottage - Three Stories 1942
  • C1 CP in basement
  • G1 CP
 Camp Cronin
Loc. 33 Fort Greene - Site 1C Cottage - Two Stories 1942 Razed 1979 - Camp Cronin
Loc. 33 Fort Greene - Site 1D Cottage - Three Stories 1942 Razed 1979 - Camp Cronin
Loc. 32 Green Hill - Site 1A Steel Tower - Two Story Cab 1942 Dismantled 1960s - Private Property
Loc. 32 Green Hill - Site 1B Steel Tower - Two Story Cab 1943 Dismantled 1960s - Private Property
Loc. 32 Green Hill - Site 1C Steel Tower - Three Story Cab 1943 Dismantled 1960s - Private Property
Loc. 31 Charlestown Cottage - Three Stories 1943
  • Heavily renovated 2000
  • Very far back from the ocean
 Private Residence
Loc. 29 Noyes Point - Site 1A
  • Spare-Upper
  • Battery 215-Lower
 Steel Tower - Two Story Cab 1943
  • Not used for HD Narragansett Bay
 Dismantled mid 1960s - Private Property
Loc. 29 Noyes Point - Site 1B Steel Tower - Two Story Cab 1943 Dismantled mid 1960s - Private Property
Loc. 27 Watch Hill - Site 2B Square Tower - Six Stories? 1944
  • Behind Lighthouse
 Razed 1940s - Watch Hill Light
Loc. 27 Watch Hill - Site 2A
  • Battery 214-East
  • Battery 216-West
 Cottage - One Story 1944
  • Gasproofed Fire Control Switchboard
  • In front of lighthouse
 Razed 1940s - Watch Hill Light
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