HIDDEN GEM

Austin's Moonlight Towers

17 surviving cast-iron moonlight towers from the 1890s still illuminate parts of the city at night, a lighting technology that was already obsolete elsewhere by the time most cities adopted electric streetlights. Richard Linklater's 'Dazed and Confused' was named partly for one of these towers.

Tags: historic-lighting, landmark, 1890s

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