WWII Fire Control Tower

WWII Fire Control Tower is a tower in Galveston, Texas. WWII Fire Control Tower is situated nearby to the military installation WWII Gun Emplacement, as well as near the nature reserve East End Lagoon Nature Perserve.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include USS Cavalla and USS Stewart.

USS Cavalla

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

USS Cavalla, a Gato-class submarine, is a submarine of the United States Navy named for a salt water fish, best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku. USS Cavalla is situated 1¼ miles west of WWII Fire Control Tower.

USS Stewart

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

USS Stewart is an Edsall-class destroyer escort, the third United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, who commanded USS Constitution during the War of 1812. USS Stewart is situated 1¼ miles west of WWII Fire Control Tower.

University of Texas Medical Branch

University

The University of Texas Medical Branch is a public academic health science center in Galveston, Texas, United States. It is part of the University of Texas System. University of Texas Medical Branch is situated 1½ miles southwest of WWII Fire Control Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galveston and Port Bolivar.

Galveston

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Galveston is a city on Galveston Island, off the Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 45 minutes southeast of Houston. Galveston is a port of entry and a destination for almost all the cruise ships with ports of call in Texas.

Port Bolivar

Village

Photo: Iketsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Port Bolivar is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula, separated from Galveston Island by the entrance to Galveston Bay. Port Bolivar is situated 3½ miles north of WWII Fire Control Tower.

WWII Fire Control Tower

Type: Tower
Categories: building, historic site, and military installation
Location: Galveston, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.32971° or 29° 19′ 47″ north

Longitude

-94.75805° or 94° 45′ 29″ west

Open location code

76X786HR+VQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 62789974

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=military

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

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