Wikipedia has a listof all active and gone towers.
Two towers have been destroyed in traffic accidents and two came down in tornadoes. Another six were victims of age and rust.
Detroit had the most extensive system with 122 towers from 1882 into the 1910s. The 31 in Austin were initially installed here.
New Orleans had one.
San Jose, California also erected one in 1881, making it the first U.S. city west of the Rockies to be lighted with electric lights. It collapsed in a storm on December 3, 1913.
--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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