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Three work men are installing a cable on to a tower light fixture (moontower) located on Guadalupe Street at the corner of 9th Street. They have a large spool of cable on a trailor that says "American Steel and Wire." The county courthouse is in the back.
circa 1930
View of a moontower. The dome of the capitol building is visible in the background. A man is about halfway up the tower tending to guide wires.
circa 1920
Vertical image of a tower light (Moontower) on 9th street downtown. Past the tower light, the Austin History Center, is visible in the left side of the image. Cars are also seen on the street.
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Workers are possibliy installing or repairing a tower light (moontower) fixture that is laying on the ground. It looks like it may have fallend down.
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A night shot of a corner in Austin Texas with a brightly lit tower light (moontower) visible in front of a church.
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View down the center of a street with a tower light (moontower) on the right in a yard. There are cars beyong that on the street and a truck in front of a garage.
1941-01-04
View of tall tower light (moontower) in front of a building. There are several cars parked along the street and in traffic.
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One of the city's tower lights (moontower). A corner of the Austin Public Library building (now Austin History Center) is in the foreground on the left. Other houses and buildings are visible behind the tower and top of the capitol building can be seen.
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A view of the tower light (moontower) on the corner of West 9th and Guadalupe streets. There are cars parked along the street and the public library building is on the right.
1936-05-11
A view from the ground up at one the the "moonlight towers" that provide street lighting in Austin, Texas.
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The plaque with historic information on the pole of one of the "moonlight" towers that provide street lighting in some locations of downtown Austin Texas. The towers were installed in the 1890s.
1971
View of one of Austin's iconic "Moontowers" with the dome of the Capitol building partially visible in the background.
1945-09-04
View of a moonlight tower at 9th and Guadalupe Streets. The dome of the capitol building is visible in the distance.
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View of a moontower street light fixture from the ground up at 12th and Rio Grande Streets.
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