Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station

Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station
Location: Wakely Mountain, Lake Pleasant, New York
Area: 11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built: 1916
Architect: Aermotor Corporation
Governing body: State
MPS: Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP Reference#: 03000998[1]
Added to NRHP: October 3, 2003

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  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. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=11518. Retrieved 2010-02-20.  See also: "Accompanying six photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=11522. 

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