The Tower Theatre pages: history | earlier exterior views | recent exterior views | lobby areas | lounges + basement support areas | earlier auditorium views | recent auditorium views | organ chambers | booth level | attic | roof | tower |
The tower has 5 levels: booth | attic | roof access level | intermediate - almost there | clock level |
The base of the tower at the projection booth level. See the booth page for more photos at this level. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
The tower at attic level. See the attic page for more photos of this level. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Attic level: looking up to the roof access level. That's the access door to the roof on the right. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Attic level: looking up all the way to the clock level. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Roof access level: the doorway out to the roof on the south wall. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Roof access level: windows above the door out onto the roof. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Roof access level: next to the roof door is the fuse panel for the tower lighting. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Roof access level: fuse panel detail. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Roof access level: fuse panel detail. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Roof access level: looking at the north wall. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Roof access level: looking up to the intermediate level. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Roof access level: looking up toward the intermediate level and the clock level. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Intermediate level. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Intermediate level: Looking south toward the Singer Building. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Intermediate level: Looking west on 8th St. We're one level down from the top. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Intermediate level: Looking back down to the roof access level. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Intermediate level: looking up at the clock level. At the top one can make out a clock face floodlight. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Intermediate level: another view looking up at the clock level. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Intermediate level: the hole up to the clock level. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Intermediate level: the hole up to the clock level. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Looking out through the west clock face. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
The north clock face. The clock mechanism is long gone. Illumination was a combination of neon tubing and mogul base incandescent lamps in reflector units. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
A look through the south face toward the the Hamburger / May Co. Building. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Another view through the south face toward the Hamburger Building. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
A clock face detail. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
A look at an enclosure for the clock's neon transformers. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
One of the remaining floodlights at the east clock face. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Looking out onto 8th through the east face. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Looking out from the hole in the middle of the east clock face. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
A west face clock face detail. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
A few gears remain -- the mechanism itself is gone. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Another west face clock face detail. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Looking down from the clock level. The roof level is two floors down. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Another view looking down from the clock level. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
A clock face detail. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
A look at an enclosure for the clock's neon transformers. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Looking out onto 8th through the east face. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Looking out from the hole in the middle of the east clock face. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
A west face clock face detail. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
A few gears remain -- the mechanism itself is gone. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Another west face clock face detail. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
Looking down from the clock level. The roof level is two floors down. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Another view looking down from the clock level. Photo: C.L. Langley - 2012
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