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[[File:Watch Hill 1945.png|thumb|Edward Roe Snow 1945]]
Loc. 27 Watch Hill was a WWII Fire Control site located in Watch Hill RI.
Loc. 27 Watch Hill was a WWII Fire Control site located in Watch Hill RI.


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=== Site 2A ===
[[File:Watch Hill 2A RCW.jpg|left|thumb|Site 1A RCW]]
Completed in 1944 for $19,820, this FC station was disguised as a cottage. Two concrete observing rooms and a fire control Switchboard room were built in a reinforced concrete structure surrounded with a wooden cottage. Commercial power was provided by the Newport Electric Co.and auxiliary power was available on standby. The East room served Battery 214 at Fort HG Wright and the West room served Battery 216 at Camp Hero. A unique fire control Switchboard was completed in a gas proofed section of the station. According to the RCW, this station was never fully completed. No azimuth instruments were installed and the station likely was never used. Shortly after the lease from the Coast Guard ended, the station was demolished.


=== Site 1A ===
=== Site 2B ===
[[File:Watch Hill 2B RCW.jpg|left|thumb|Site 2B RCW]]
Completed in 1944, for $11,110, this six story tower had three observing rooms. Similar to the cottage at Site 2A, this station may have never been completed. In the RCW dated 1944, no spotting instruments had been installed yet. Power was provided by the Newport Electric Co.and auxiliary power was available on standby. The top floor served Battery 215 (AI) at Fort HG Wright, the middle level served [[Fort Nathanael Greene|Battery Hamilton]] (AI) and the lower level served Battery 111 (AI) at Fort HG Wright. Shortly after the war when the Army's lease ended, the tower was demolished.


=== Site 1B ===
=== SOURCES and REFERENCES ===
HD Narragansett Bay Annex 1945


=== SOURCES and REFERENCES ===
Report of Completed Works 1944
[[File:WatchHill2 cg (1).jpg|thumb|Watch Hill FCT and FCs Cottage|left]]Two Fire Control Stations were built at Watch Hill in 1943. One of these stations was a seven story Fire Control Tower with three observation levels and the other structure was a cottage style building with a switchboard. Only one OP at this site was for Narragansett Bay. The lowest level on the Fire Control Tower was designated for Battery 108/Hamilton at [[Fort Nathanael Greene]]. The remaining levels in the tower were for Fort H.G. Wright and Camp Hero on Fishers Island and Long Island. Although I am unsure of the date of demolition, the structures here were all removed by 1951. The images below are from circa 1945. Today there are no remains of any military activity on the point but you still can see the old Watch Hill Lighthouse.[[File:Watch Hill 1945.png|thumb|1945 Image|292x292px]]
 
Edward Roe Snow
 
[https://Lighthousefriends.com Lighthouse Friends]
 
[https://cdsg.org CDSG]
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay]]
[[Category:Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay]]

Latest revision as of 10:38, 12 May 2026

Edward Roe Snow 1945

Loc. 27 Watch Hill was a WWII Fire Control site located in Watch Hill RI.

Site 2A

Site 1A RCW

Completed in 1944 for $19,820, this FC station was disguised as a cottage. Two concrete observing rooms and a fire control Switchboard room were built in a reinforced concrete structure surrounded with a wooden cottage. Commercial power was provided by the Newport Electric Co.and auxiliary power was available on standby. The East room served Battery 214 at Fort HG Wright and the West room served Battery 216 at Camp Hero. A unique fire control Switchboard was completed in a gas proofed section of the station. According to the RCW, this station was never fully completed. No azimuth instruments were installed and the station likely was never used. Shortly after the lease from the Coast Guard ended, the station was demolished.

Site 2B

Site 2B RCW

Completed in 1944, for $11,110, this six story tower had three observing rooms. Similar to the cottage at Site 2A, this station may have never been completed. In the RCW dated 1944, no spotting instruments had been installed yet. Power was provided by the Newport Electric Co.and auxiliary power was available on standby. The top floor served Battery 215 (AI) at Fort HG Wright, the middle level served Battery Hamilton (AI) and the lower level served Battery 111 (AI) at Fort HG Wright. Shortly after the war when the Army's lease ended, the tower was demolished.

SOURCES and REFERENCES

HD Narragansett Bay Annex 1945

Report of Completed Works 1944

Edward Roe Snow

Lighthouse Friends

CDSG

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