Prouts Neck MR

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. Many of these towers were located along Maines coast. The tower was in operation until 1945 when it was sold back to the town and sat unused. In 2004 a new property owner purchased the tower along with a house and wanted to demolish them. Despite the towns best efforts the landowner had the full right to destroy the tower and onlookers watched as a massive crane knocked it down. No other tower in the US was built like this one. Today it is on private property and not open to the public.

All images courtesy Prouts Neck Historical Society.

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  1943 Construction
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  Side Of The Tower
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  Tower Entrance
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  Rear Of The Tower
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  From the Road
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  First Floor
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  Stairs
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  The Stairs Built Around The Shape Of The Tower
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  Another Staircase
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  Original Windows
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  Wooden Ladder to 4th Floor
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  DPF Mount
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  Another Wooden Ladder
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  Observation Level
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  Electrical Wiring
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  6th Floor Balcony Door
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  6th floor Balcony To Woods
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  Balcony
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  Balcony View Towards The Ocean
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  Balcony Entrance 6th Floor
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  4th To 5th Floor Ladders
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  5th To 6th Floor Ladder
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  Timer Bell Mount
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  Metal Ladder To The 7th Floor
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  Another DPF Mount
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  7th Floor Chimney
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  Anti Aircraft Crows Nest
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  Anti Aircraft Observation
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  Top Of The Tower Chimney
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  Newspaper Clipping About The Tower
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  Beginning Of Demolition 2004
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  6th Floor Demolition
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  5th Floor Demolition
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  Prouts Neck FCT J.P. Wysong 1996

All images colorized by J. Malcolm 2022. Except the demolition pictures.

Research courtesy Prouts Neck Historical Society