Pulpit Rock Base-End Station - Location 142 (Site 2A)
This eight-story concrete tower was completed in June 1943 on a government-owned 0.44 acre site as a Base-End Station for Fort Dearborn. The eighth-story level (with DPF) was used for Battery 204 (B4 S4), the seventh-story level (with DPF) was used for Battery 103/Seaman (B8 S8). The roof deck was used for the anti-aircraft intelligence service (AAIS OP 7).
This tower is not currently in use, and is closed to the public. Owned by the State of New Hampshire Fish and Game Department since 1974. The US Navy used the tower from 1954 to 1971 for harbor defense purposes, and probably had a radar unit of some kind on the roof. The tower was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in the mid-1970's, but ultimately did not make the final list. Just for clarification, the term "Pulpit Rock" refers to the mass of rock at the shoreline that forms a natural cliff face above the water, and not for the hill on which sits the concrete tower.
Entrance to the tower. It is not safe to enter, due to high levels of bird and bat guano.
According to local tradition, this house was originally built as barracks for the gun battery (AMTB 951) and observation crews stationed here at Pulpit Rock Camp.
Private Property!
In July 1942 a 55-foot steel-frame tower with a two-level corrugated steel cab was built on a seperate government-owned 0.33 acre site (Site 1A) near the barracks at Pulpit Rock Camp, alongside the highway. The top deck was intended for Battery 205 (B3 S3), and the lower deck was used for the Harbor Operations Command (HD OPS 1). This tower was dismantled sometime after the war. Searchlight position #8 was located at the shoreline on a small tower adjacent to the 90mm AMTB gun battery (Site 1B).
Located at Pulpit Rock, Rye, NH.
State of New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Pulpit Rock Camp - AMTB Battery 951
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