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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. | Loc. 136 Halibut Point was a WWII Fire Control site in Rockport MA. | ||
'''This page is being re-written. Excuse our mess.''' | |||
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. | |||
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth]] | [[Category:Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth]] | ||
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Boston]] | [[Category:Harbor Defenses of Boston]] | ||
<gallery perrow="7" caption="Halibut Point Fire Control Tower"> | <gallery perrow="7" mode="nolines" heights="75" caption="Halibut Point Fire Control Tower"> | ||
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station | File:Halibut Point FCT 18.jpg|Front of the tower | ||
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 24.jpg|The quarry | |||
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 45.jpg|The recently renovated Barracks. | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Azimuth Scope Halibut Point.jpg|Restored M1910A1 Azimuth Instrument. | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point FCT 05.jpg|Observation Level for Battery 103/Seamen | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point FCT 04.jpg|3rd Floor Information | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point FCT 09.jpg|Second Observation Level For Boston Defense Command Gun Group Two | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point FCT 15.jpg|Ladders connect each floor | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point FCT 11.jpg|Fifth Observation Level for Battery 104/Murphy | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point FCT 12.jpg|View from the top | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point FCT 13.jpg|Anti-Aircraft Observation Post | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point FCT Construction.jpg|FCT Construction 1943 | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point 1945.jpg|Halibut Point 1945 | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point Radar.jpg|1950s Ariel Image | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point FCT with Radar.jpg|FCT 1956 with Radar and back addition | ||
File:Halibut Point | File:Halibut Point 1980.jpg|Halibut Point 1988 | ||
</gallery> | File:Halibut Point 1995.jpg|Halibut Point FCT in 1995 Jack P. Wysong | ||
File:Halibut FCT (70).jpg|Halibut Point ca. 1995 DCR | |||
</gallery>Sources: | |||
[https://www.northamericanforts.com/East/New_Hampshire/Towers/Halibut_Point.html American Forts Network] | |||
[https://www.halibutpointfriends.org/ Friends of Halibut Point] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:46, 7 December 2024
Loc. 136 Halibut Point was a WWII Fire Control site in Rockport MA.
This page is being re-written. Excuse our mess.
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 -
The quarry -
Foundation of a quarry building. -
The recently renovated Barracks. -
Restored M1910A1 Azimuth Instrument. -
Observation Level for Battery 103/Seamen -
3rd Floor Information -
Second Observation Level For Boston Defense Command Gun Group Two -
Ladders connect each floor -
Fifth Observation Level for Battery 104/Murphy -
View from the top -
Anti-Aircraft Observation Post -
FCT Construction 1943 -
Halibut Point 1945 -
1950s Ariel Image -
FCT 1956 with Radar and back addition -
Halibut Point 1988 -
Halibut Point FCT in 1995 Jack P. Wysong -
Halibut Point ca. 1995 DCR
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