Seal Head Point Base-End Station - Location 150

B10/2 S10/2 and B6/1 S6/1 Fort Dearborn - B5/6 S5/6 Fort Foster

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A two-story wooden cottage with a three-level concrete tower was completed in October 1943 on a government-owned 0.89 acre site near Seal Head Point (actually located on the south shore of Godfrey's Cove), and was used as a combined Base-End Station for Fort Dearborn and Fort Foster. This station was identical in design to the station at Rye Ledge, NH. The ground-floor observation level was used for Battery 103/Seaman (B10 S10), the middle level was intended for Battery 205 (B5 S5), and the third-floor level was used for Battery 204 (B6 S6). The roof deck was used for the anti-aircraft intelligence service (AAIS OP 9). Searchlight positions #15 and #16 were located west and south of the station. The structure, located at the end of Pepperell Way, was demolished by the landowners in either 1979 or 1980. There are no visible remains today.

GPS for Base-End Station (OC2203) - N 43° 06.987 W 070° 38.328 (NAD 83)
GPS for Godfrey's Cove Benchmark (OC0486) - N 43° 07.002 W 070° 38.271 (NAD 83)

Located at Godfrey's Cove, York, Maine.
Private Property!

The original site for the fire-control position that was proposed in 1940 was to be located on Western Point, on the north shore of Godfrey's Cove. Before any construction began, the station site was relocated to the south shore in 1942 for some undisclosed reason, possibly due to the failure of the government to reach a lease agreement or right of easement with the landowners. Nothing was ever built by the Army at Western Point.

GPS for Location 150 (Western Point) Benchmark (OC0489) - N 43° 07.313 W 070° 38.226 (NAD 83)

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