From Lost Parks.com and other sources.
This 200-foot observation tower opened in 1966 and offered a panoramic view of the beach before closing in 1995. It stood directly on the sugar white sands of Panama City Beach and right across the road from the Miracle Strip Amusement Park.
Opened in April 1966 and was demolished December 8, 1995. Deterioration from the years of salt spray and Hurricane Opal proved its undoing.
The Beach Tower Motel was later built on its site (and still stands today, we went looking for it).
In the 1980s, radio station WPFM (The Great 108) had studios at the top.
The Miracle Strip Amusement Park opened in March 1963 and ran for 40 years.
Too Bad They Didn't Leave It, Although Today It Would Be Dwarfed By the Huge Towers Hotels and Resorts. --Cooter
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