Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station
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Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station
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| Location | Wakely Mountain, Lake Pleasant, New York |
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| Area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
| Built | 1916 |
| Architect | Aermotor Corporation |
| MPS | Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 03000998[1] |
| 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.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
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