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This statement from the article may not be true:"The 17 remaining towers were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and are therefore protected from demolition." Listing on the National Register of Historic Places provides no protection to a structure under federal law, although there may be a state law that does provide such protection to listed structures. Refer to http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/results.htm -Mharriger

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The only original Wikipedia material in this article seems to be the following intro paragraph:

Moonlight Towers are lighting structures designed to illuminate areas of a city at night. They can be found in many U.S. cities.

The rest of this article appears to be copied directly from the moonlight tower history page at austinpostcard.com. As this text is copyrighted to Casey M. Weaver and CMW Consulting, it has therefore been removed.

Additionally, maybe this image should be used — as it's GPL'ed — and the currently used image is not. Thoughts welcome. Jareha 20:25:24, 2005-09-01 (UTC)

A bulk upload of copytighted material, lifted from here, was added on January 29. I have reverted to the previous version. I'm sorry for any additional edits that were lost, but the copyright stuff covered most of the article, and had to be removed. - TexasAndroid 22:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

definition

What makes something a moonlight tower or not? The NJ approach to the Lincoln Tunnel has gorgeous giant deco lighting that cover huge areas of approach ramps and toll booths... -- Akb4 (talk) 08:26, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe "Moonlight Tower" in the context of this article refers to lighting structures built in the late 19th and early 20th century. There are many modern lighting structures that illuminate large sections of street, but are generally not referred to as moonlight towers. -Nv8200p talk 13:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dazed and Confused

The Austin Moon Tower was featured in the movie "Dazed and Confused". During a keg party in the woods a group of party goers climb the Moon Tower to check out the view from above. William Cullen72.92.9.49 (talk) 19:36, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

First of all there are several moonlight towers in Austin, but I don't know that any of them is in a forest. AnonMoos (talk) 22:08, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article in TheAtlantic.com

This March 2013 article discusses Moonlight Towers and appears to be based in part on this article. It includes a photo from the Commons as well as several historical, likely-out-of-copyright photographs that could be uploaded to the Commons. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 04:36, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Too narrow a definition?

The photographs of moonlight towers in Austin are subsantially similar to structures I've personally viewed throughout Oregon's Metro Region (vaguely Portland and vicinity) and see at almost every major highway junction and large roundabout in Oklahoma. I've also heard of these lighting towers referred to as moonlight towers, and are often referred to as a more responsible urban lighting plan, since these lights tend to be a bit more guided, from a greater height, allowing a lower amount of light to be spread over a wider, yet better defined area, thus making an area easier to see and generating far less light pollution, than most lower-to-the-ground lighting options. 70.169.52.124 (talk) 05:55, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They could be influenced by late-19th century moonlight towers, but presumably are not actual authentic late-19th century moonlight towers... AnonMoos (talk) 10:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see anything that defines the term Moonlight Tower to a certain era. If there is reliable verifiable information that the current generation of lighting are being dubbed moonlight towers, I don't see why it should not be added to the article. -Nv8200p talk 11:22, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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