Emerson Point MR

Built in 1943 on a leased site for the Boston Harbor Defense Command in Rockport MA. The tower was disguised as a water standpipe and painted a shade of dark blue. The six story tower was built for Battery 105 at Fort Dawes (DPF), Battery 104 at East Point MR (DPF) and the fourth floor level was for OP3 Gun Group at Nahant. After the war the tower was abandon and the property was returned to private hands. During our visit we were able to find a lot of electrical equipment. Because of the sea exposure a lot of the handrails and the metal ladders to the Anti Aircraft level is mostly rusted away. The owner replaced the wooden ladders throughout about a decade ago. Today the tower is on private property and can be viewed from the street.

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  The tower today.
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  Top of the tower.
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Army documents and old photographs courtesy Elisabeth Lilly.