I came across an interesting photograph in the September 18, 2009 Shorpy site. It was titled Moonlight Tower 1890, the Majestic building in Detroit. The picture showed the building and had a view of the "moonlight tower" arc lamp standards.
The caption said that it is believed that some of the arc lamp towers still exist in Austin, Texas, where they are the sole remaining examples of these early forms of street lighting.
This arc lamp was free-standing in the square.
A comment was made that there are still seven of them in Austin.
A Slice Right Out of History. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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