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Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Wakely Mountain, Lake Pleasant, New York
Coordinates	43°43′50″N 74°28′25″W / 43.73056°N 74.47361°W / 43.73056; -74.47361
Area	11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built	1916
Architect	Aermotor Corporation
MPS	Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP reference No.	03000998
Added to NRHP	October 3, 2003

The Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Wakely Mountain at Lake Pleasant in Hamilton County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 70-foot-tall (21 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1916 and a 3-mile (4.8 km) foot trail that leads down the mountain. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation. It is one of the initial ten towers purchased by the State Commission to provide a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Forest Preserve from the hazards of forest fires.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Bill Zullo (July 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying six photos".

External links

Media related to Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station at Wikimedia Commons

• The Fire Towers of New York

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