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William Penn Memorial Fire Tower

1939 establishments in PennsylvaniaBuildings and structures in Berks County, PennsylvaniaCommons link is defined as the pagenameFire lookout towers in PennsylvaniaTourist attractions in Berks County, Pennsylvania
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William Penn Memorial Fire Tower in Reading, Pennsylvania
William Penn Memorial Fire Tower in Reading, Pennsylvania

The William Penn Memorial Fire Tower is a fire lookout tower located on Mount Penn in Lower Alsace Township, Pennsylvania. Named after William Penn, the structure is owned by the city government of nearby Reading, Pennsylvania, which the tower overlooks. Work on the structure began in late 1938 as a project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), with the tower completed the following year. The tower remained in regular use, both as a tourist attraction and as a legitimate lookout tower, for the next several decades, although deterioration to the building caused it to be closed in 1988. Starting in the late 1990s, a local nonprofit group began working to restore the tower, and it was reopened in 2004. The tower is listed on the National Historic Lookout Register, having been added in 1999.

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William Penn Memorial Fire Tower
Skyline Drive, Lower Alsace Township

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Skyline Drive
19604 Lower Alsace Township
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William Penn Memorial Fire Tower in Reading, Pennsylvania
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