Gurnet Point MR

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Loc. 111 Gurnet Point was a WWII Fire Control site on Gurnet Point in Plymouth MA.

The station in the mid 90s
1944 RCW Elevation Drawings

Built in 1943 for $9,731 on the ramparts of Fort Andrews (1776), this station was the most southern in the HD of Boston. It was located on a 4.5-acre plot owned by the Coast Guard. The station is a strange design with two observation levels separated by a floor with large rectangular windows (Used by USCG for observation). The upper observation level served Battery 208 with a Depression Position Finder and the lower level was the Groupement 1 OP with an Azimuth Instrument. The rear section of the structure consisted of the entrance and a generator room. 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.

SOURCES and REFERENCES:

Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System

Plymouth Antiquarian Society

CDSG

North American Forts Network

Lighthouse Friends