Flood Lights on Huge Aluminum Fins Make Fantastic Tower Ornament (Oct, 1931)
Flood Lights on Huge Aluminum Fins Make Fantastic Tower Ornament
A MODERN skyscraper in Rochester, N. Y., surmounted by an unique illuminated decoration which spreads an aluminum sheen upwards like some huge, fantastic flower is the latest achievement of electrical engineers.
The lighting system was designed to convert a water tower into an artistic and distinctive carillon tower topped by four gleaming fins of aluminum, curving outward from their bases at the four corners of the structure. The body of the tower is buttressed at the four corners and has aluminum grill work which forms a delicate dark tracery when illuminated from within.
The whole tower rises from the tank wall parapet like a modern symbol.