The Harbor Entrance Control Post at Fort Stark was built in 1943 and was a joint Army-Navy installation to monitor shipping traffic and command all of the defenses of Portsmouth Harbor from Rockport MA to Kennebunkport ME. This structure was designed to look like the bridge of a massive battleship and was built on the deactivated Battery Kirk. The structure was used in the 1970s by the reserves for training.

Note: They are sealing up all the bunkers at Fort Stark this year and are considering destroying the HECP.

On Gooseberry there were originally three stations; a tower disguised as a lighthouse, and two stations disguised as beach cottages. There were for Battery Milliken, the battery at Mishuam Point and Batteries in Narragansett Bay. The west island tower served th4e exact same function as the towers at gooseberry. Also why the hell would you build a tower to see something submerged in the ocean. The navy had boats for spotting subs.

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Quote from: JMALCOLM on June 29, 2023, 06:50:13 PM
Very cool!

They are very nice, a simple phone call and I got permission to go as well, fun day

Very cool!