For the lighthouse design, see Texas Tower (lighthouse). For the building at University of Texas at Austin, see Main Building (University of Texas at Austin).
Texas Tower
Part of Air Defense Command (ADC)
Texas Tower 3
Type
Offshore air defense radar
Site information
Condition
Out of service/demolished
Site history
Built by
United States Air Force
In use
1958–1963
Materials
Steel
Texas Towers were a set of three radar facilities off the eastern seaboard of the United States which were used for surveillance by the United States Air Force during the Cold War. Modeled on the offshore oil drilling platforms first employed off the Texas coast, they were in operation from 1958 to 1963. After the collapse of one of the towers in 1961, the remaining towers were closed due to changes in threat perception and out of a concern for the safety of the crews.
employed off the Texas coast, they were in operation from 1958 to 1963. After the collapse of one of the towers in 1961, the remaining towers were closed due...
The University of Texastower shooting was an act of mass murder which occurred on August 1, 1966, at the University of Texas at Austin. The perpetrator...
were manning the station survived. TexasTower 4 was one in a series of manned radar stations called "TexasTowers" because they resembled the oil-drilling...
Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Information for TexasTower No.3 (Nantucket Shoal) The TexasTowers Gallery of the construction of the tower...
Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Information for TexasTower No.2 (Georges Shoal) The TexasTowers Gallery of the construction of the tower...
street lighting became common, the prevalence of towers began to wane. Moonlight towers in Austin, Texas, near TxDOT headquarters, served as inspiration...
an American mass murderer and Marine veteran who became known as the "TexasTower Sniper". On August 1, 1966, Whitman used knives to kill his mother and...
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construction of Tower #1 on January 11, 1954, but the tower was never completed because of improvements to radar over the area. "The TexasTowers: Proposed"...
stars Kurt Russell and Richard Yniguez and is based on the University of Texastower shooting. The film is based on the true story of Charles Joseph Whitman...
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