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<gallery perrow="7" caption="Halibut Point Fire Control Tower"> | <gallery perrow="7" caption="Halibut Point Fire Control Tower"> | ||
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 46.jpg|The tower | File:Halibut Point FCT 18.jpg|Front of the tower | ||
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 46.jpg|Side of the tower | |||
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 04.jpg|Main road to the tower | |||
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 03.jpg|Rear of the tower | |||
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 24.jpg|The quarry | |||
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 14.jpg|View of the tower from the sea | |||
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 Base-End Station 43.jpg|First Floor of the tower | |||
File:Halibut Point Base-End Station 43.jpg|First Floor of the | |||
File:Azimuth Scope Halibut Point.jpg|Restored Azimuth Scope | File:Azimuth Scope Halibut Point.jpg|Restored Azimuth Scope | ||
File:Halibut Point FCT 07.jpg| | File:Halibut Point FCT 07.jpg|Ladder system connecting each floor of the tower | ||
File:Halibut Point FCT 05.jpg|Observation Level for Battery 103/Seamen | File:Halibut Point FCT 05.jpg|Observation Level for Battery 103/Seamen | ||
File:Halibut Point FCT 17.jpg|Drilled Out DPF Mount | File:Halibut Point FCT 17.jpg|Drilled Out DPF Mount | ||
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File:Halibut Point FCT 08.jpg|Fourth Floor Window | File:Halibut Point FCT 08.jpg|Fourth Floor Window | ||
File:Halibut Point FCT 15.jpg|Fourth Floor Ladder | File:Halibut Point FCT 15.jpg|Fourth Floor Ladder | ||
File:Halibut Point FCT 11.jpg| | File:Halibut Point FCT 11.jpg|Fifth Observation Level for Battery 104/Murphy | ||
File:Halibut Point FCT 14.jpg|Drilled out DPF | File:Halibut Point FCT 14.jpg|Drilled out DPF | ||
File:Halibut Point FCT 12.jpg|Halibut Point Quarry | File:Halibut Point FCT 12.jpg|Halibut Point Quarry | ||
File:Halibut Point FCT 13.jpg|Anti Aircraft | File:Halibut Point FCT 13.jpg|Anti-Aircraft Observation Post | ||
File:Halibut point radar.jpg|FCT with Radar on top | File:Halibut point radar.jpg|FCT with Radar on top | ||
File:Halibut Point FCT with Radar.jpg|FCT 1956 with Radar and back addition | File:Halibut Point FCT with Radar.jpg|FCT 1956 with Radar and back addition | ||
File:Halibut Point Radar.jpg | File:Halibut Point Radar.jpg|1950s Ariel Image | ||
File:Halibut Point FCT Construction.jpg|FCT Construction | File:Halibut Point FCT Construction.jpg|FCT Construction 1943 | ||
File:Halibut Point 1980.jpg|Halibut Point 1988 | File:Halibut Point 1980.jpg|Halibut Point 1988 | ||
File:Halibut Point 1945.jpg|Halibut Point 1945 | File:Halibut Point 1945.jpg|Halibut Point 1945 | ||
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</gallery>Sources: | </gallery>Sources: | ||
https://www.northamericanforts.com/East/New_Hampshire/Towers/Halibut_Point.html | [https://www.northamericanforts.com/East/New_Hampshire/Towers/Halibut_Point.html American Forts Network] | ||
https://www. | [https://www.halibutpointfriends.org/ Friends of Halibut Point] | ||
Revision as of 17:44, 4 September 2023
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 is now the park headquarters and the tower is 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 -
Side of the tower -
Main road to the tower -
Rear of the tower -
The quarry -
View of the tower from the sea -
Foundation of a quarry building. -
The recently renovated Barracks. -
First Floor of the tower -
Restored Azimuth Scope -
Ladder system connecting each floor of the tower -
Observation Level for Battery 103/Seamen -
Drilled Out DPF Mount -
3rd Floor Information -
Second Observation Level For Boston Defense Command Gun Group Two -
Drilled out DPF mount -
Fourth Floor Window -
Fourth Floor Ladder -
Fifth Observation Level for Battery 104/Murphy -
Drilled out DPF -
Halibut Point Quarry -
Anti-Aircraft Observation Post -
FCT with Radar on top -
FCT 1956 with Radar and back addition -
1950s Ariel Image -
FCT Construction 1943 -
Halibut Point 1988 -
Halibut Point 1945 -
Halibut Point FCT in 1995 Jack P. Wysong -
Halibut Point ca. 1995 DCR
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