East Side Fire Control Tower 4A
| Second World War 1939-1945, artillery
USA /
Massachusetts /
Nahant /
World
/ USA
/ Massachusetts
/ Nahant
World / United States / Massachusetts
tower, Second World War 1939-1945, artillery
Used for triangulating target positions for nearby artillery during Second World War. This fire control station originally had an SCR-296 radar housed in a 14-foot building, which was constructed to look a water tower, on its roof.
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Coordinates: 42°25'24"N 70°54'32"W
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