Moonlight tower - Wikipedia
A moonlight tower or moontower is a lighting structure designed to illuminate areas of a town or city at night. Only the collection of towers in Austin, Texas, have been termed historically "moonlight towers," a term that dates to the mid-20th century.
Moonlight towers (Austin, Texas) - Wikipedia
The moonlight towers in Austin, Texas, are the only known surviving moonlight towers in the world. They are 165 feet (50 m) tall and have a 15-foot (4.6 m) foundation. A single tower casts light from six carbon arc lamps, illuminating a 1,500-foot-radius (460 m) circle brightly enough to read a watch. [2]
Moonlight Tower: Dazed and Confused, Austin, Texas
Seventeen of the Moonlight Towers are still standing, their arc lamps long ago replaced by less harsh mercury vapor lamps (They still glow at night). The most famous tower is the one in Zilker Park, popularly believed to be in the keg party scene of the 1993 film Dazed and Confused.
The Complete Guide to Austin's Moonlight Towers - The Austinot
2018年3月26日 · Moonlight towers, also referred to as moon towers, liberated citizens from the constraints of nighttime and heralded Austin as “The Coming Great Manufacturer of the South.” Many speculated these lights would eliminate the need for police entirely.
Moonlight Tower - Guide To Austin Architecture
Erected in 1895, Austin’s first electrical public street lighting system consisted of 31 individual “moonlight towers” (or “moon towers”) spread across the city. The distinctive 165-foot-tall truss structures each contained six carbon arc lamps that illuminated a 1,500-foot radius.
Austin’s Moon Towers, Beyond ‘Dazed and Confused’ - The …
2014年2月13日 · About 150 feet tall each, erected in 1895, the towers were an early urban illumination scheme. They used arc lights, six globes enclosing sustained sparks between two carbon rods. Arc lights...
The History, Locations, and Fun Facts Behind Austin's Remaining ...
Built at the turn of the 20th century, Austin’s iconic 165-foot moontowers are the only surviving example of this type of street lighting left in the world.
Austin's moonlight towers: Was a serial killer really behind their ...
2019年10月10日 · Unlike an old building or an old streetcar, the moon towers are a rare example of something still functioning but essentially serving no purpose – the technology was already becoming obsolete a...
Austin's Iconic Moontowers By The Numbers
Even before Matthew McConaughey’s character David Wooderson announced a party “out at the moontower” in the 1993 movie Dazed and Confused, the moonlight towers of Austin, Texas, symbolized the city. A 19th-century precursor to now-standard streetlights, the towers were once popular throughout the United States—but today, only Austin’s remain.
City Lights: Austin's Historic Moonlight Towers - Not Even Past
2011年2月4日 · Austin’s moonlight towers have long been a distinctive part of the city’s landscape, their lights casting a gentle glow on the streets 150 feet below.* Though Austin’s fifteen surviving towers are now the last of their kind, this form of street lighting was once common across the United States.