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Silver Lake Air Warning Station
Coordinates47°53′37″N 122°14′25″W / 47.89361°N 122.24028°W / 47.89361; -122.24028
TypeAir Warning Station
Site history
Built1946
In use1946-1953
Silver Lake AWS is located in Washington (state)
Silver Lake AWS
Silver Lake AWS
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Location of Silver Lake Air Warning Station, Washington

Silver Lake Air Warning Station is a closed United States Air Force facility. It was located 52.4 miles (84.3 km) north-northeast of McChord Field; 6.2 miles (10.0 km), south-southwest of Everett, Washington. It was closed in 1953.

It was the first postwar Air Warning Station under Air Defense Command.

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