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Built in 1943 on the ramparts of Fort Andrews (1776), this three-story Fire Control Station for Battery 208 at [[Fourth Cliff MR]] was the most southern station for the [[:Category:Harbor Defenses of Boston|Harbor Defenses of Boston]]. It was located on a 4.5-acre plot owned by the Coast Guard and was designated Location 111. The station is a strange design with two observation levels separated by a floor with large rectangular windows. The rear section of the structure consisted of the entrance and a generator. The station was stripped of all its equipment immediately after WW2. A Pilgrim Atomic power plant siren was installed on the station in 1980. The station was demolished in November 1998 due to its poor condition. Today there are no remains and most of the rampart the tower was located on has eroded away. Located at Gurnet Point, Plymouth Massachusetts.<gallery>
Built in 1943 on the ramparts of Fort Andrews (1776), this three-story Fire Control Station for Battery 208 at [[Fourth Cliff MR]] and Gun-Group 1. It was the most southern station for the [[:Category:Harbor Defenses of Boston|Harbor Defenses of Boston]]. It was located on a 4.5-acre plot owned by the Coast Guard and was designated Location 111. The station is a strange design with two observation levels separated by a floor with large rectangular windows. The rear section of the structure consisted of the entrance and a generator. (More likely it was the Gun-Group 1 Commanders post). The station was stripped of all its equipment immediately after WW2. A Pilgrim Atomic power plant siren was installed on the station in 1980. The station was demolished in November 1998 due to its poor condition. Today there are no remains and most of the rampart the tower was located on has eroded away. Located at Gurnet Point, Plymouth Massachusetts.<gallery>
File:Gurnet FCS.jpg|Gurnet FCS 1960s
File:Gurnet FCS.jpg|Gurnet FCS 1960s
File:Lh-plymouth.png|Gurnet Point 1960s
File:Lh-plymouth.png|Gurnet Point 1960s

Revision as of 10:47, 19 July 2023

Built in 1943 on the ramparts of Fort Andrews (1776), this three-story Fire Control Station for Battery 208 at Fourth Cliff MR and Gun-Group 1. It was the most southern station for the Harbor Defenses of Boston. It was located on a 4.5-acre plot owned by the Coast Guard and was designated Location 111. The station is a strange design with two observation levels separated by a floor with large rectangular windows. The rear section of the structure consisted of the entrance and a generator. (More likely it was the Gun-Group 1 Commanders post). The station was stripped of all its equipment immediately after WW2. A Pilgrim Atomic power plant siren was installed on the station in 1980. The station was demolished in November 1998 due to its poor condition. Today there are no remains and most of the rampart the tower was located on has eroded away. Located at Gurnet Point, Plymouth Massachusetts.

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Plymouth Historical Society Report and Photographs

Google Earth Image

North American Forts Network

Lighthouse Friends