This video premiered at the ATXplained Live show at Bass Concert Hall on April 29, 2025.
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.
If you look closely at one of the towers, you’ll see the telltale signs of a pulley system — the original way workers scaled the towers daily to change out the lights…