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In this Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands image, the battery between the fire control towers (one set up in a lighthouse for disguise) takes readings by radio from the towers then, in a room inside the battery's bunker, soldiers calculate the firing coordinates for the guns. By triangulating the distances between the two towers and the target, the guns can get an accurate firing solution. After each shot is fired, the towers send new data and the gun is adjusted accordingly. Since these guns could fire accurately as much as two dozen miles, the need for numerous batteries along the Maine coastline was eliminated by placing a relative handful of these towers to "control the fire" of the guns miles away.

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