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Abandoned Control Tower
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A 1960's era airport control tower.
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Type: Building
Status: Abandoned - but construction around it
Accessibility: Moderate
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby
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Standing water on the outside balcony on the operations floor
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Not too much really; the main operational room at the top where the radar gear and other electronics were is really trashed. One of the floors on the way up had a room with some bookcases full of procedure and regulation manuals and such. Essentially though, this place is gutted.
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fences
doors sealed over with bricks and metal bars... sometimes!
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flashlight
long pants / sleeves
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gloves, boots you don't mind getting dirty
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Opened in 1930, Robert Mueller Airport in Austin, Texas served the capitol city of Texas until the closure of Berstrom Air Force Base in 1993 offered the opportunity to migrate the city's commercial avaiation industry from it's cramped quarters at Mueller to the more spacious facilities at the former air base in 1999. The tower in this photo was part of a new terminal project which was dedicated in 1961, the same year I was born.
Mueller airport in Austin was always such a special and iconic place to me, a real symbol of the old Austin that I grew up with when I lived there from 1973 to 1990. Though I learned to fly myself just north of there at the old Austin Executive Airpark, I did fly into Mueller several times as a private pilot, as well as on numerous occasions as a commercial passenger.
This old tower is now all that still stands of the old terminal building. Though you can't really tell from this photograph, the tower was actually integral to the terminal building itself, rising up from the middle of it, hence the unfinished concrete at the base where the buildings' internal finish-out covered the structure.
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Unsure; as I understand it, they've left this tower undemolished for now in the thought that they might think of something cool to do with it before the land in that area is needed for redevelopment. I hope they do think of something; I think it would be neat to keep it around as a reminder of the old Mueller Airport that served Austin so well for over 60 years.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 8/28/2023 10:21 PM.
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on Aug 28 23 at 22:21, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Aug 28 23 at 22:20, Emperor Wang changed the following: Interesting Features, Security Measures, Recommended Equipment, Future Plans, Description
on Jul 31 11 at 18:41, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Jul 31 11 at 8:50, apt213 added some pictures to a gallery
on Jul 31 11 at 8:46, apt213 created a new gallery
on Jun 4 09 at 0:09, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Jun 3 09 at 18:07, Imbroglio changed the following: Status, Accessibility, Security Measures
on Jun 1 09 at 13:44, Opheliaism validated this location
on Jun 1 09 at 13:23, Imbroglio changed the following: Status, Accessibility
on May 25 08 at 16:13, Emperor Wang validated this location
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