Moontowers /tags/moontowers Moontowers en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:01:00 GMT Who changes the lightbulbs in Austin's moontowers? /austin/2025-05-07/austin-tx-moontowers-lightbulbs-austin-energy-street-lights-atxplained Austin's iconic moontowers were erected in the 1890s as part of the city's first street light system. Seventeen of the original 31 still stand today � 165 feet above the ground. Wed, 07 May 2025 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2025-05-07/austin-tx-moontowers-lightbulbs-austin-energy-street-lights-atxplained Michael Minasi A Dozen Austin Moontowers Cleared To Get Needed Steel Replacement Parts /austin/2019-04-23/a-dozen-austin-moontowers-cleared-to-get-needed-steel-replacement-parts Austin’s Historic Landmark Commission has approved using milled steel rods as replacement parts on 12 of the city’s iconic moontowers. The commission OK'd� Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:35:15 GMT /austin/2019-04-23/a-dozen-austin-moontowers-cleared-to-get-needed-steel-replacement-parts Joseph Leahy A New Documentary Illuminates the History of Austin's Iconic Moonlight Towers /life-arts/2017-01-10/a-new-documentary-illuminates-the-history-of-austins-iconic-moonlight-towers “They were very concerned that it would affect the chickens and they wouldn't know when to lay the egg.”What could shake up things so much that chickens� Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:35:23 GMT /life-arts/2017-01-10/a-new-documentary-illuminates-the-history-of-austins-iconic-moonlight-towers Jennifer Stayton AM Update: Moontowers Temporarily Vanish, Ron Paul's Michigan Finish, Texas' New Railroad Commish /austin/2012-02-29/am-update-moontowers-temporarily-vanish-ron-pauls-michigan-finish-texas-new-railroad-commish Moontowers Temporarily Taken DownAn Austin moontower on the corner of West 22nd and Nueces streets has been temporarily dismantled due to a nearby� Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:57:06 GMT /austin/2012-02-29/am-update-moontowers-temporarily-vanish-ron-pauls-michigan-finish-texas-new-railroad-commish Tolly Moseley Austin Energy To Restore Moontowers /austin/2011-12-02/austin-energy-to-restore-moontowers Know how to fix a moonlight tower? Austin Energy might be looking to contract your services in the coming months. The city’s public utility is developing� Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:29:56 GMT /austin/2011-12-02/austin-energy-to-restore-moontowers Nathan Bernier Will Austin's Missing Moontowers Return? /austin/2010-12-10/will-austins-missing-moontowers-return Two historically significant moonlight towers, or moontowers, were removed to make way for the development of two downtown high-rise buildings, but both� Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:38:28 GMT /austin/2010-12-10/will-austins-missing-moontowers-return Nathan Bernier, Matt Largey