page_title: East Point Military Reservation
section_title: Fire Control Structures
hierarchical_section_title: East Point Military Reservation / East Point Batteries / Fire Control Structures
caption_attribution_description: English: This photo, taken in February, 2010, looks west from the southwest tip of East Point, near the former platform of Battery 206 Gun 1. It shows the twin 8-story fire control towers along Swallow Cave Rd. in Nahant, MA. When they were built in 1943 the towers were each about 70 ft. tall, putting the observing instruments in their top levels almost 109 ft. above sea level. The tower on the right was designated Site 1A and that on the left Site 2A. Today the towers are privately owned. They are perhaps the best-preserved pair of Coast Artillery towers in the United States.
context_page_description: East Point Military Reservation was a World War I and World War II coastal defense site located in Nahant, Massachusetts. In 1955–62 it was a Nike missile launch site. As of 2016 most of the site is the Marine Science Center of Northeastern University.
context_section_description: In addition to having one of the largest concentrations of coast artillery in New England, East Point featured the largest concentration of fire control towers, used to direct and correct the fire of these guns.
caption: The twin fire control towers on Swallow Cave Road.
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