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On May 6th in the year of 1895, the Mayor of Austin Texas announced that 31 lighting towers were turned on to provide illumination to the growing city.
These amazing tower rose to over 156 feet in a city were the tallest building rose only two stories. Each one threw a bright light over a Victorian age city, where the only light before were gas street lights.
From a declaration of a new era at the beginning of one century, two centuries later (yup, the towers now span three centuries) our Moonlight Towers (or Moon Towers) have received local, state and national historical designations through our own desire to preserve and protect those things that make Austin's personality.
Keep Austin Weird!
15 currently remain standing, with an additional two in storage awaiting construction to complete in their former locations.
(See the “Party at the Moon Towers” cache series by djdiggla and ogshowtime.)
Alas, this is not about these 15 remaining towers.
This cache series is to lead you around Austin to stand where the other 16 once stood, and in addition, those spots where towers were moved to as the city changed. As you do this cache, and if you are a native Austinite, transplant or visitor, you can see how the capital city has expanded over the last 115 years
Moonlight Tower #7 was one of the original locations of the 1895 lighting tower project. This is the Seventh tower on the 1895 Mayor’s Announcement.
This tower was removed in between 2004 - 2009 for the expansion of the Austin Convention Center. While it is not on the Ghost Tours that leave the Moonshine bar around the corner, the fact it stood so long made sure it saw many spirits pass under it in century it was standing! Will continue to update the whole story on Wikipedia as research continues
This is a heavy muggle & traffic area (aren't they all!).
Oh, it is a nano cache, so bring a pen!
Congats to djdiggla and WeAreGaughen for FTF.
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