Fourth Cliff Military Reservation

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Fourth Cliff Military Reservation (1942-1948) - A World War II Coastal Military Reservation first established in 1942 at Fourth Cliff in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Abandoned in 1948.

Fourth Cliff Military Reservation, Fire Control Tower Loc 114 Site 1A
Fourth Cliff Military Reservation, Fire Control Tower Loc 114 Site 1C, False Cottage is Gone but Tower and Foundation Remain
Fourth Cliff MR Old Mess Hall, now Recreation/Registration Building

World War II (1941-1945)

Part of the Harbor Defense of Boston, Massachusetts.

On 5 Dec 1942, 48.56 acres was transferred from the Navy Department to the U.S. Army to support a number of fire control sites and two major gun batteries on Fourth Cliff. Battery 106 was to be a fully casemated 16" gun battery but was never built. Battery 208 was a 6" rapid fire gun battery started in 1942 and accepted for service on 9 Nov 1944. Three fire control towers were built on sites, 1A, 1B, 1C(D) during 1943.

**Fourth Cliff Military Reservation World War II Batteries** (edit list)
Battery	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost
Battery 106	2	16"	Casemated Barbette (CBC)	Not Built	$ 0
Battery 208	2	6"	Shielded Barbette (SBC)	1942-1943-1944-1948	$ 334,000
Source: CDSG

Fourth Cliff Military Reservation Plan
Fourth Cliff Military Reservation Fire Control Tower

Current Status

Part of Fourth Cliff Air Force Family Recreation Area , Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Different site designations exist on different documents for these fire control towers, supplement numbers used here (1945).

Context

Location: Fourth Cliff Military Reservation, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Lat: 42.161° Long: -70.706° Bing, Google, OldMapsOnline, USGS, OHM

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Sources:

U.S.Army, Supplement to the Harbor Defense Project of Boston, Massachusetts, (HDB-AN-45), 31 Jan 1945, CDSG
Coast Defense Study Group, CDSG Press, CDSG Digital Library

Links:

North American Forts - Fourth Cliff Military Reservation