File:Allerton BES radar.jpg
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English: These WWII-era drawings detail a structure that contained three base end/spotting stations for guns defending Boston Harbor, as well as a Harbor Defense Command post and an observation station for the Southern Command of the harbor defenses. On the roof was one of the two surveillance radars serving the Harbor Defense Command.
The structure was made to look like a private beachfront home, and its nearby "garage" housed additional base end stations. The building was about 26 feet square on the inside, with three observing levels and a height of 26 feet above ground, and an additional 7 feet of radar dome. The viewing slits on the plans above looked out toward the northeast, so the Section A-A is oriented NE-SW. It was located on the Atlantic side of the "elbow" of Point Allerton. Today (in 2010), the structure has been razed to enable the development of multi-million dollar seaside homes. |
| Date | circa 1944 |
| Source | The diagram comes from a Report of Completed Works by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, c. 1944. |
| Author | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
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This image or file is a work of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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| 2010-06-28 13:04 | 735×526× (113335 bytes) | Pgrig | These WW2-era drawings detail a structure that contained three base end/spotting stations for guns defending Boston Harbor, as well as a Harbor Defense Command post and an observation station for the Southern Command of the harbor defenses. On the roof wa |
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| current | 18:00, 22 February 2017 | | 735 × 526 (111 KB) | Innotata | Transferred from en.wikipedia |
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