Fire control tower
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A fire control tower is a structure located near the coastline, used to detect and locate enemy vessels offshore, direct fire upon them from coastal batteries, or adjust the aim of guns by spotting sh
World War II-era fire control tower at Fort Saint Elmo, Malta
Two typical fire control towers on Swallow Cave Rd. in Nahant, Massachusetts, known during WW2 as Site 131. Site 131-1A is on the right in this photo. Built in 1943-44, these twin towers watched over the northern approaches to Boston Harbor and directed the guns of several different Coast Artillery batteries. Towers similar to these can be found today in all coastal New England states.
Observing instruments used in fire control towers
Elevation drawings of Nahant Site 131-1A
Fire lookout tower
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A fire lookout tower, fire tower, or lookout tower is a tower that allows firefighters or park rangers to view and spot wildfires. Towers are usually on the summit of a mountain or other high vantage
Fire control tower
…FM 4-15, Seacoast Artillery fire control and position finding Archived 2019-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Fire lookout tower, used to spot wild fires Base end station…
Beyazıt Tower, an 85-meter-tall (279 ft) fire lookout tower at Beyazıt Square in Istanbul
A fire lookout uses an Osborne Fire Finder to obtain the azimuth and distance to a suspected fire. From these measurements he will call in a "Smoke Report."
Elba Fire Tower in Minnesota
Fire lookout tower in south Georgia, United States