Tower Drive-In
3801 N. Broadway Avenue,
Ada,
OK
74820
3801 N. Broadway Avenue,
Ada,
OK
74820
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The Tower Drive-In Theatre was opened by Griffith Amusement Circuit
A more accurate address for this theater is 3801 N Broadway Ave, Ada, OK 74820. This points directly to the drive in itself. Now Pepsi Bottling.
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Opened with 2 colour cartoons(not named), and “Frontier gal”.
May 25th, 1949 grand opening ad in photo section. Listings stopped in 1956.
Broadway & Tower Cir, Ada, OK 74820
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in.
There was no drive-in theatre on Sandy Creek Dr, according to the 1957 aerial photos.
Here is a 1957 aerial photo of the Tower Drive-In on Broadway, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS:
http://flic.kr/p/9bf5b3
This link will go directly to photos and a history of the Tower Drive-IN
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/2
This advanced web site has a history of the Tower Drive-In. Today no trace remains of this theatre -
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For a nice arial view of the Tower Drive-In Theater type in word “tower” on this link …
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On this page you will also be able to see the Ramsey Tower designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager who created the NYC Roxy Theater.
The WKY Radio Kilgen pipe organ may be of interest too.