SCR-296 Site
Fort McGilvray, HD Seward
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A SCR-296 radar was installed on a bluff between Caines Head and South Beach to provide targeting information to Battery Const. #293. However, according to Army documents, reception was very poor due to the high mountains and several islands in the detection area. The radar site included a 25 foot wooden tower, a 12 x 12 foot wood frame transmitter building, and two small power houses.





Tower site, looking northwest.
July 2004
Corner of the transmitter building's foundation.
July 2004
The east power plant site.
July 2004
Detail of tower footing.
July 2004
The foundation of the west power plant.
July 2004






Documents
Form 2 
Plot PlanAugust 23, 1944



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