Austin's Moonlight Towers - Austin, TX
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QuesterMark
N 30° 16.294 W 097° 43.286
14R E 622982 N 3349569
If you're on the sidewalk, you're going to have to look up to see this little marker, attached directly to a moonlight tower.
Waymark Code: WMPVD6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2015
Views: 4
This is one of 31 original moonlight towers installed in Austin in 1895. Seventeen remain. Each tower illuminated a circle of 3000 feet using 6 carbon arc lamps (now mercury vapor). Austin's tower lights are the sole survivors of this once-popular ingenious lighting system. 1993
Group that erected the marker: City of Austin
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Pennsylvania and Leona Streets
Austin, TX United States
78702
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