The Clock Tower of U.T. Austin
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The Clock Tower at U.T. Austin
If you are visiting U. T. Austin, you should make a stop at the Clock Tower and join the 45 minute-long guided tour, admission fee USD6.00. It will take you up to the 28th floor observation deck of the Tower. From there you may have a great view of the University’s campus and the downtown Austin.
On August 1, 1966, there was a very sad event taken at this tower. On that day, an engineering student, Charles Whitman, who took away the lives of 17 people and wounded 32 others in a mass shooting rampage. After that incidence, the Tower was closed for approx. 2 years. It, then, was reopened in 1968. The Tower was closed to the public for a second time in 1975, after the suicides, jumping off the observation deck, of 4 people. On September 15, 1999, the Tower was re-opened again, but only by controlled access. Visitors can only visit the Tower through guided tours and they must be screened by metal detectors before entering the buildin
The Clock Tower at U.T. Austin
If you are visiting U. T. Austin, you should make a stop at the Clock Tower and join the 45 minute-long guided tour, admission fee USD6.00. It will take you up to the 28th floor observation deck of the Tower. From there you may have a great view of the University’s campus and the downtown Austin.
On August 1, 1966, there was a very sad event taken at this tower. On that day, an engineering student, Charles Whitman, who took away the lives of 17 people and wounded 32 others in a mass shooting rampage. After that incidence, the Tower was closed for approx. 2 years. It, then, was reopened in 1968. The Tower was closed to the public for a second time in 1975, after the suicides, jumping off the observation deck, of 4 people. On September 15, 1999, the Tower was re-opened again, but only by controlled access. Visitors can only visit the Tower through guided tours and they must be screened by metal detectors before entering the building.