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Astoria Column
The Astoria Column is a tower in the northwest United States, overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River on Coxcomb Hill in Astoria, Oregon. Built in 1926, the concrete and steel structure is part of a city park. The -tall column has a 164-step spiral staircase ascending to an observation deck at the top and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1974.
==History==
The tower was built in 1926 with financing by the Great Northern Railway and Vincent Astor, the great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, in commemoration of the city's role in the family's business history. Patterned after the Trajan Column in Rome (and Place Vendôme Column in Paris), the Astoria Column was dedicated on July 22, 1926.〔 The first Community Antenna Television (CATV) System in the United States was built in 1949 utilizing the column.〔(Introduction to CATV )〕 In 1974, the column was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.〔
〕 The murals that make up the column were refurbished in 1995 and a granite plaza was added in 2004.〔
The Astoria Column was one of a series of monuments erected by Great Northern Railway in 1925 and 1926.
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