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Naval Observation & Range-Finding Tower | ||||
| All artillery batteries had their guns mounted in open emplacements so that they could fire over the Island at targets out of sight of the gunners. To overcome this problem a series of multi-storey Marinepeilstanded und Messstellen (Naval direction and range-finding positions) known as MP towers were planned ready for the proposed Naval batteries, each observation level would provide information for one of the batteries. This tower was built in 1942, the navy using the top three levels for their batteries. The two lower levels were taken over by the army for their two batteries of 22cm guns. The adjoining personnel shelter was built in 1943, probably for the Army crew - a date is scratched into the concrete of the NCO's room window sill - 13-7-43. After the war all doors and internal fittings were removed for scrap and the tower left open to the elements for many years. It was acquired by the Occupation Museum in recent years and has been extensively restored and refitted with its optical and communication equipment. |
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| The personnel shelter behind the tower provided crew accommodation. The NCO's room shown here has been reconstructed while the other ranks quarters have been used for interpretation about the tower and neighboring Batterie Dollmann. |
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