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...emy warships. Located on [[Fort Crockett]] in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. Closed in 1946. ...ers who erected all of the structures. Access to the antenna on top of the tower was by a small hoist operated by an electric motor. ...

...emy warships. Located on [[Fort Travis]] near Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. Closed in 1946. ...ers who erected all of the structures. Access to the antenna on top of the tower was by a small hoist operated by an electric motor. ...

...arships. Located on [[Fort San Jacinto]] near Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. Closed in 1946. ...ers who erected all of the structures. Access to the antenna on top of the tower was by a small hoist operated by an electric motor. ...

|width="50%"|[[File:P000283 Texas Tower II.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Texas Tower 2 from the AKL-17.]] |width="50%"|[[File:P000301 Texas Tower II.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Texas Tower 2 from a Helicopter.]] ...

...a hero of the battle of San Jacinto and first president of the Republic of Texas. Still an active military post and a part of [[Joint Base San Antonio]] wit ...50%"|[[Image:FortSamHouston wp.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fort Sam Houston Clock Tower]] ...

...lonial mission established in 1680 in present day El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. Abandoned as a mission in 1848. Also known as [[Mission de Corpus Christi ...blo Revolt of 1680 and relocated to the area south of present day El Paso, Texas. By 1682, the Tigua Indans had built a chapel made of mud, log and willow r ...

...in 1957 on [[Pyote Air Force Base]] near the town of Pyote in Ward County, Texas. Named Pyote Air Force Station after the location. The radar site was initi Initial equipment included the [[FPS-3|FPS-3A]] search radar and an [[FPS-6]] height-finder radar. Both radars wer ...

...orce Radar Station established in 1958. Located near Killeen, Bell County, Texas. Initially assigned a Permanent ID of TM-192. Also known as [[Gray Air Forc ...mber 1958 the 814th AC&W Squadron began operating the FPS-20A in an arctic tower with a radome. ...

...lished in 1957 on the former Eagle Pass Army Air Field in Maverick County, Texas. Named Eagle Pass Air Force Station after the location. Initially assigned [[File:Eagle Pass FPS-20 Twr.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Eagle Pass AFS FPS-20 Radar Tower Foundation.]] ...

...arships. Located on [[Fort San Jacinto]] near Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. Closed in 1946. ...ant consisted of a radar set, usually mounted atop an existing building or tower, a powerhouse with two generators and a 1000 gallon fuel tank. The powerhou ...

...1777, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey 3 Jan 1777. Battery construction started 20 Feb 1897, was completed in the su ...:Fort San Jacinto HECP-HDCP - 2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|HECP-HDCP Observation Tower on Battery Mercer]] ...

...ed on the former [[Ellington Air Force Base]] near Houston, Harris County, Texas. Initially assigned a Permanent ID of P-79, a Sage ID of Z-79, and a JSS ID ...ar and Operations Building on the Right and the Abandoned USAF FPS-6 Radar Tower on the Left. All the other USAF Buildings are gone.]] ...

...War]] U.S. Air Force Radar Station. Located near Rockport, Aransas County, Texas. Initially assigned a Permanent ID of TM-191. Closed in 1963. Initial equipment at Rockport AFS in 1959 included a [[FPS-3]] search radar and a [[FPS-6]] height-finder radar. The site was equipped w ...

(R) 40.75, -69.31667, Texas Tower 3 (R) 41.75, -67.76666, Texas Tower 2 ...

== [[Texas Tower 4]] == [[File:Texas Tower 4.jpg|thumb|center|800px|Texas Tower 4, Lost with all Hands Aboard 15 Jan 1961.]] ...

Initial equipment included two [[CPS-3]] transportable search radar. == [[Texas Tower 2]] == ...

...|left|200px|Walker AFB Aerial Photo Showing Radar Site M-90 Ops Building & Tower Foundation circa 1960s]] ...acent to the squadron cantonment area on the main base. By July 1953 about 3/4 of the assigned personnel were regular Air Force and only 1/4 were ANG ai ...

...when it was reestablished 1 Jun 1962 to compensate for the loss of [[Texas Tower 4]] on 15 Jan 1961. Abandoned in 1970. ...n it was reestablished on 1 Jun 1962 to compensate for the loss of [[Texas Tower 4]] on 15 Jan 1961. The site was reestablished and manned by the 680th Rada ...

...[File:Granada WRC Guard Twr.jpg|350px|thumb|left|Granada WRC Replica Guard Tower]] ...Center general contractor was Lambie, Moss, Little, and James of Amarillo, Texas. The center was operational by the end of August 1942 as the Granada War Re ...

...bout 1911.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Panorama taken from the Fort Morgan Water Tower circa 1911]] [[Image:Fort Morgan Walls - 3.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fort Morgan Ditch]] ...