A weather beacon is a

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that indicates the local

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in a

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of colored or flashing lights. Often, a short poem or

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accompanies the code to make it easier to remember. The beacon is usually on the roof of a tall building in a central business district, but some are attached to

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s. The beacons are most commonly owned by

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companies and television stations and are part of advertising and

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programs. They provide a very basic forecast for the general public and not as an aid to navigation. In addition to displaying weather forecasts, some weather beacons have been used to signal victory or defeat for a professional sports home team.

History

Precursors

In 1898 on the orders of U.S. President

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s were installed along the coast of the United States. In 1936, the ''Weather Girl'' sculptures were installed in City Hall Square in

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. In 1938,

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designed a

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billboard with a weather forecast display at Columbus Circle in

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Weather beacons

The first attempt to create a weather beacon as a form of advertising was from Douglas Leigh, who, in 1941, arranged a lighting scheme for the

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to display a weather forecast code with a decoder to be packaged with Coca-Cola bottles. The plan was never implemented because of the

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later that year. Leigh resurrected his idea in

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in October 1949 with the Northwestern National Bank Weatherball. In Australia, the Mutual Life and Citizens insurance company installed weather beacons atop its buildings in 1957 and 1958.Federation and Meteorology, Memories of the Bureau, 1946 to 1962, page 1032
/ref> Weather beacons were most popular during the 1950s and 1960s.

Similar devices

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* Hibernia Bank Building (New Orleans) * ''Harbinger'' at The Met Condos, Toronto, is a colored beacon on the roof that indicates the current

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List of weather beacons

Australia

* New South Wales **

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(16 March 1973 − ????) ** MLC Building, 105 North Miller Street, North Sydney (31 December 1957 − ????) **

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, Sydney * Queensland **

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Building (MLC Building), 239 George Street,

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(1976 – 6pm, 26 November 2007) ** Old MLC Building, 243 Edward Street, Brisbane (28 July 1958 – ????; non-functioning) * South Australia ** MLC Building (now Beacon House),

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(June 1958 – December 1979) * Victoria ** Carlton & United Brewery, Abbotsford (May 1958 − ????) **

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(formerly MLC), 303 Collins Street, Melbourne (1973 – ????; non-functioning) ** 888 Collins Street, Melbourne (2016 − present) * Western Australia ** MLC Building (now Kingsgate Apartments), 171 St Georges Terrace, Perth (October 1957 – ????; dismantled)

Austria

* Wetterleuchtturm,

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, Vienna

Belgium

* '' Who's afraid of Red, Green and Blue: Weather Tower'',

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, Brussels (22 October 2007 – 22 December 2007)

Canada

* Capilano Brewery, 1550 Burrard Street,

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(1953 − ????) * White Rose weather beacon, 570 Portage Avenue,

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(25 June 1964 − ????) *

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, Toronto, Ontario (9 August 1951 – present) * Canada Life, 505

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Ouest,

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, Quebec (12 April 1956 – January 1976) * The Plains Hotel,

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(???? − 2011)

China

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Denmark

* ''

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'' (''Weather Girl''), Richshuset, The City Hall Square, Copenhagen (1936 − present) * ''Tomorrow's Weather'',

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(2009 − present)

Finland

* Näsinneula tower,

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Germany

* Wettersäule

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Japan

* Tempozan Ferris Wheel,

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, Osaka

Russia

* Boiler House Weather Beacon,

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Sweden

* ''Tomorrow's Weather'',

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Turkey

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United Kingdom

* Light Towers Project (Coventry Point, Mercia House, Hillman House),

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* Castlemilk Lighting Project,

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* Empire Square Tower,

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United States

* Arizona ** St. Luke's Medical Center, Phoenix (1960 − February 1969 on

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; March 1969 − ????; dismantled) * California ** Mattei Building (formerly Guarantee Savings),

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(1965 – 1994) ** ABC10 Weather Tower,

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(24 August 2001 – 2014; non-functioning) ** One Rincon Hill South Tower,

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(8 December 2008 – present) * Colorado ** National Farmers Union, 1575 Sherman Street,

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(1956 − 1970; dismantled) * Florida ** Mercantile National Bank, 420 Lincoln Road,

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(23 February 1957 − ????; dismantled) ** American Federal Savings and Loan Association weather ball, Fidelity Storage building, 53 W. Jackson St.,

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(1963 – 1974; dismantled) ** First Federal Savings & Loan, Fourth Street and Central Avenue,

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(1953 – 6 April 1970; dismantled) * Illinois ** Weather Bell, Bell Federal Savings (now

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), 79 West Monroe Street,

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(???? − present) *** Bell Federal Savings branch office, 180 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago (???? − 1996; dismantled) **

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Thermometer,

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, Chicago (1964 – 1978; dismantled) **

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weather beacon, State Bank Center, 50 West Douglas Street, Freeport (1974 − ????; dismantled) * Iowa **

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(1960 − 1973, 1988 − 2012; non-functioning) ** American Trust Tower,

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(1975 − present) **

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Weather Ball, Terra Centre,

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(1995–present) ** KVTV/KCAU-TV Weather Ball, Badgerow Building, Sioux City (1961–1973) ** National Bank of Waterloo, 315 East Fifth Street, Waterloo (???? − ????; dismantled) * Kentucky **

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Weather Lights, Cincinnati Radisson, Covington ** ''Tomorrow's Weather'',

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, Lexington (2016 − present) * Louisiana **

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Weather Ball, 2601 Gravier St,

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(1 August 1952 – 7 December 1978; 2008 – present) * Massachusetts **

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(15 March 1950 – present) * Michigan ** Citizens Bank (currently

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) Weatherball,

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(30 October 1956 – present) ** 13 Weatherball,

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(August 1967 – 1987 as

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; 2003 – present) * Minnesota ** KCCO Weatherball, Alexandria (???? − March 2006) **

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Weather Beacon, 331 W. Superior Street,

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** Northwestern National Bank Weatherball,

(7 October 1949 – 25 November 1982; dismantled) *** Nicollet Island/East Bank branch office, 430 East Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 401 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis (dismantled) *** Uptown branch office, 3006

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, Minneapolis (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 111 E. 3rd Street, Hastings (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 109 N. 1st Street, Montevideo (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 15 2nd Street, SW, Rochester (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 360 Robert Street N, Saint Paul (dismantled) *** Sauk Rapids branch office, 24 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids (15 September 1961 − ????; dismantled) **

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Weather Watcher,

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, Minneapolis (29 November 2013 − present) * Missouri ** Business Men's Assurance Company (BMA) weather beacon, 215 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City (dismantled) **

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, Kansas City (1970s − 2001) ** Terra Cotta Lofts (formerly occupied by the Missouri State Life Insurance Company and later the

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), 1501 Locust Street,

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(1956 – 1979; non-functioning) **State Bank of Wellston, Wellston (1954 − 16 May 2014; dismantled) * Montana ** Midland Bank (now US Bank Tower), 303 N. Broadway,

Billings Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Met ...

(dismantled) ** Union Bank (now Wells Fargo) Weatherball, 350 N. Last Chance Gulch, Helena (1959 − ????; dismantled) * Nebraska **

KMTV KMTV-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, the station has studios on Mockingbird Drive in southwest Omaha, and its transmitter is located on a "tower ...

Weather Tower, N. 72nd Street, Omaha (non-functioning) * New Mexico ** KOBeacon,

KOB The kob (''Kobus kob'') is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa. Together with the closely related reedbucks, waterbucks, lechwe, Nile lechwe, and puku, it forms the Reduncinae tribe. Found along ...

Sandia Crest Sandia Crest, also known locally as Sandia Peak or simply as the Crest, is a mountain ridge that, at , is the highpoint of the Sandia–Manzano Mountains, and is located in the Sandia Mountains of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States ...

Albuquerque Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...

(???? − 26 December 1966; non-functioning) * New York ** 1740 Broadway (formerly MONY),

(non-functioning) **

AXA Towers The Equitable Towers, formerly Axa Towers, are two commercial office buildings in Syracuse, New York. The towers were originally named the MONY Towers when they were built by Carrier Corporation, and renamed when Axa acquired the MONY group in 200 ...

(MONY) Weatherstar, Syracuse * North Dakota ** KFYR, Provident Life building, Bismarck (1954 − present) * Ohio ** 12 WKRC Weather Beacon,

Chiquita Chiquita Brands International Sàrl (), formerly known as Chiquita Brands International Inc. and United Fruit Co., is a Swiss-domiciled American producer and distributor of bananas and other produce. The company operates under a number of ...

Center,

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

(1987 – 1990s?) **

WKYC WKYC (channel 3) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. Its studios are located on Tom Beres Way (a section of Lakeside Avenue in Downtown Cleveland named after the station's lon ...

Weather Beacon,

Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

(???? − present) * Oklahoma ** Liberty National Bank and Trust, Ramsey Tower/City Place,

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, a ...

(6 April 1958 − ????; dismantled) ** National Bank of Tulsa Weather Teller, 320 South Boston Building,

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

(1 May 1967 −1973) * Oregon ** Standard Insurance Plaza, 1100 SW 6th Avenue,

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

(1964 − present) ** ''

Weather Machine ''Weather Machine'' is a lumino kinetic bronze sculpture and columnar machine that serves as a weather beacon, displaying a weather prediction each day at noon. Designed and constructed by Omen Design Group Inc., the approximately sculpture w ...

'',

Pioneer Courthouse Square Pioneer Courthouse Square, also known as Portland's living room, is a public space occupying a full city block in the center of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1984, the square is bounded by Southwest Morrison Street on ...

, Portland (24 August 1988 − present) * Pennsylvania **

WJAC-TV WJAC-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Johnstown– Altoona– State College market as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which pro ...

Weather Beacon

Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Located east of Pittsburgh, Johnstown is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropol ...

(1963 – present) ** Handy Flame,

Equitable Gas EQT Corporation is an American energy company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and pipeline transport. It is headquartered in EQT Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. EQT is the largest natural gas producer in the Appalachian Basin with 19.802 ...

, 420 Boulevard of the Allies,

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

(1956 − 1972; dismantled) **

KDKA-TV KDKA-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. It is owned-and-operated station, owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division a ...

Weather Beacon,

Gulf Tower The Gulf Tower is a 44-story, Art Deco skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The tower is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of the city and is named for the Gulf Oil Corporation, one of the leading multinational ...

, Pittsburgh (late 1970s − present)(Updated in 2012) **

WTAE-TV WTAE-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with ABC. It has been owned by Hearst Television since the station's inception, making this one of two stations that have been built and signed o ...

Weather Cone,

Carnegie Science Center The Carnegie Science Center is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Chateau neighborhood. It is located across the street from Heinz Field. Overview The Carnegie Science Center is the most visited mu ...

, Pittsburgh (2000 – present) **

Berks County Berks County (Pennsylvania German: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading. The Schuylkill River, a tributary of the Delaware River, ...

Courthouse, 633 Court Street,

Reading Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of Letter (alphabet), letters, symbols, etc., especially by Visual perception, sight or Somatosensory system, touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process invo ...

(???? − 1995) * South Dakota **

KELO-TV KELO-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on Phillips Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls; its tra ...

weatherball, Sherman Hotel,

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

(dismantled) ** KDLO-TV weatherball, Marvin Hughitt Hotel, 375 Dakota S.,

Huron Huron may refer to: People * Wyandot people (or Wendat), indigenous to North America * Wyandot language, spoken by them * Huron-Wendat Nation, a Huron-Wendat First Nation with a community in Wendake, Quebec * Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi ...

(6 April 1960 − ????; dismantled) ** First National Bank,

Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

** KELO weatherball, 100 North Phillips Avenue,

Sioux Falls Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up t ...

(dismantled) ** National Bank of South Dakota (now

US Bank U.S. Bancorp (stylized as us bancorp) is an American bank holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and incorporated in Delaware. It is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, and is the fifth largest banking institution ...

), 141 N. Main Avenue, Sioux Falls (non-functioning) *** East Branch, East 10th & Omaha, Sioux Falls (dismantled) *** South Branch, 33rd & Minnesota, Sioux Falls (non-functioning) *** Sunset Branch, West 41st & Louise Avenue (dismantled) ** KDLO weatherball tower, 421 9th Av SE,

Watertown Watertown may refer to: Places in China In China, a water town is a type of ancient scenic town known for its waterways. Places in the United States *Watertown, Connecticut, a New England town **Watertown (CDP), Connecticut, the central village ...

(dismantled) **

KXLG KXLG (99.1 FM) is a radio station serving the Watertown, South Dakota area (licensed to serve Milbank, South Dakota). The station is owned by TMRG Broadcasting, LLC. It airs soft adult contemporary music to fill time between local business adver ...

Weatherball, 835 Jensen Avenue, Watertown (22 May 2014 − present) * Tennessee ** Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, Maclellan Building, 721 Broad Street,

Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...

(12 January 1952 – ????; dismantled) **

Life & Casualty Tower The Life & Casualty Tower (also known as the L & C Tower) is a skyscraper in Nashville, Tennessee located at 401 Church Street (Nashville, Tennessee), Church Street. It stands 152.5 meters (409 ft) and has 30 floors. It was designed by Edwin ...

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...

(non-functioning) * Texas ** WNL Weather Tower, Western National Life Insurance, 205 SE 10th Avenue,

Amarillo Amarillo ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat, seat of Potter County, Texas, Potter County. It is the List of cities in Texas by population, 14th-most populous city in Texas and th ...

(dismantled) ** Mercantile Weather Tower,

Mercantile National Bank Building The Mercantile National Bank Building (known colloquially as The Merc) is a 31-story, skyscraper at 1800 Main Street in the Main Street district of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the former home of the Mercantile National Bank, which later beca ...

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

(1958–1993; 12 February 2008 – present) **

Blue Flame Building The Blue Flame Building or the El Paso Natural Gas Company Building is a skyscraper in El Paso, Texas. It was briefly the tallest building in El Paso upon its completion in 1954. The building housed the El Paso Natural Gas Company until 1996 when ...

, 100 North Stanton Street,

El Paso El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...

(26 March 1955 – ????; 27 July 2021 – present) ** Texas National Bank/ Conoco Weather Eye, Travis Tower, 1300 Main Street,

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

(17 October 1955 – 1964; dismantled) ** Alamo National Bank weather spire (now

Drury Plaza Hotel Drury may refer to: Places * Drury, New Zealand, a town * Drury, Flintshire, Wales, a village * Drury, Kansas, United States, an unincorporated community * Drury, a village in Florida, Massachusetts, United States * Drury, Missouri, United States, ...

), 105 S. St. Mary's Street,

San Antonio ("Cradle of Freedom") , image_map = , mapsize = 220px , map_caption = Interactive map of San Antonio , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1= U.S. state, State , subdivision_name1 = Texas , s ...

(non-functioning) * Utah ** Ford's Finance & Insurance, 2627 Washington Boulevard, Ogden (???? − ????; dismantled) **

KSL-TV KSL-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is the Flagship (broadcasting), flagship television property of locally based Bonneville International, the for-profit bro ...

5 Eyewitness Weather Tower,

Trolley Square Trolley Square is a partially enclosed shopping center located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is considered to be a trendy high-end center. The center is near downtown Salt Lake City and the UTA TRAX light-rail system. History Des ...

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...

(1999 − present) **

KTVX KTVX (channel 4) is a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Ogden-licensed CW owned-and-operated station KUCW (channel 30). Both stations share studios on ...

Weather Ball, 2175 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City (???? − present) **

Walker Center Walker Center (formerly Walker Bank Building) is a skyscraper in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Description The building was opened on December 9, 1912, taking a little over a year to be built. At the time of its completion, it stood as ...

, 175 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City (1953 – 1982; 2008 – present) * Virginia ** Newmarket Shopping Center,

Newport News Newport News () is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the 5th most populous city in Virginia and 140th most populous city in the Uni ...

(1953 − ????; dismantled) * Wisconsin ** Weather Beacon, H. C. Prange Co., 301 N. Washington Street, Green Bay (26 September 1952 − ????; dismantled) ** Weather Flame,

Wisconsin Gas Building The Wisconsin Gas Building (originally Milwaukee Gas Light Building) is a classic stepped Art Deco tower located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin at 626 East Wisconsin Avenue. It was designed by architects Eschweiler & Eschweiler and completed ...

, 626 East Wisconsin Avenue,

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...

(1956 – 1973, 1985 − present) ** Oshkosh National Bank, 300 N. Main Street, Oshkosh (9 May 1952 − ????; dismantled) ** Weather 9,

WAOW WAOW (channel 9) is a television station in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC and owned by Entertainment Studios, Allen Media Broadcasting. The station's studios are located on Grand Avenue/U.S. ...

, 1908 Grand Avenue, Wausau (1965 − present)

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