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The 'Astoria Column' is a tower overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River on Coxcomb Hill above Astoria, Oregon. The 125 foot tall column was built in 1926 with financing by the Great Northern Railroad and the great-grandson of John Jacob Astor (Vincent Astor) in commemoration of the city's role in the family's business history. It stands atop 700 foot tall Coxcomb Hill and includes a interior spiral staircase that leads to an observation deck at the top.Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. The Column was dedicated on July 22 1926.
The spiral frieze on the exterior of the structure is almost seven feet wide, and 525 feet long. Painted by Electus D. Litchfield and Attilio Pusterla, the mural show the early history of Oregon with a focus on Astoria’s role including Captain Gray’s discovery of the Columbia River in 1792 and the Lewis & Clark Expedition. The murals that make up the column were refurbished in 1995.
A plaque at the site commemorates the first Community Antenna Television (CATV) System in the United States built in 1949 by local resident Leroy E. "Ed" Parsons; twin-lead transmission wires redistributed the signal of KRSC-TV in Seattle, Washington to area homes.^[1][2][3]

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