Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station, Adirondack Park
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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, steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1916 and a 3-mile 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. ()
Built: 1916 (108 years ago)Coordinates: 43°43'50"N, 74°28'25"W
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