Catalog date	12/05/2002
Category	8: Communication Artifact
Classification	Historic Sites Maps Military Navy
Collection	Marblehead Buildings
Date	December 26 , 1941
Abstract	Several photo copies of papers about the observation towers on Marblehead Neck in WWII. A) 1 Photo and 2 pages of drawings and specifications about a house on the Neck used for quarters and observation. B) 3 Photos and 2 pages of drawings and specifications of a 5 floor observation tower and radar tower. C) 1 page of a plot plan of the land used for the observation tower. D) 1 page chart of the coast from Boston to Cape Ann showing an arch of a range of 31,300 yards from Marblehead Neck. E) 1 page of news clippings concerning the men involved in the project. F) 6 pages of orders transferring the units involved in the project from the Boston Area to Ft. Hood, Texas on 11 March 1944. G) 1 page personal letter to Dear Ed from Jerry Butler of 12 Colby, Nahant, Ma 01908 received 31 July 2001
Home Location	H Document Box Delta Shelf#3
Object ID	2001-052-0135
Object Name	Orders, Military
Search Terms	Marblehead Neck
Sub-category	Documentary Artifact
Subjects	Business panics Buildings distinguished by form Buildings Towers Radar Observation towers Military camps Military depots Military facilities Military organizations Militia movements
Title	Harbor Defenses of Boston, Mass- Marblehead Neck, Marblehead, Mass

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Last modified on: January 05, 2009