[HN Gopher] San Jose electric light tower
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       San Jose electric light tower
        
       Author : OJFord
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2021-03-28 15:44 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (en.wikipedia.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org)
        
       | redis_mlc wrote:
       | > on December 3, 56 mph (90 km/h) winds destroyed it.
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       | The area gets a strange, high wind annually that is too strong to
       | walk against for several hours. It might be mountain-related.
        
       | Animats wrote:
       | Detroit went much further, with 122 towers at peak. Austin TX
       | still has some.
        
         | chrisco255 wrote:
         | Yes, 15 apparently still in service as of 2018.
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         | https://austinot.com/austin-moon-towers
        
       | 8bitsrule wrote:
       | 12-page 'old web' detailed story of the tower, with lots of
       | images:
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       | https://www.sanjose.com/underbelly/unbelly/Sanjose/Tower/tow...
        
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