Tower Drive-In

1901 Whiskey Road,
Aiken, SC 29803

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rivest266
rivest266 on April 18, 2021 at 11:27 pm

Disappeared from the listings by 1955.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 24, 2018 at 5:49 pm

thanxs for the info..

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on July 31, 2015 at 3:48 am

Opened originally as the Friendly Drive-In Theatre on March 1, 1951. For the 1952 season, it changes to the Tower Drive-In Theatre. It competes against the Aiken Drive-In Theatre and, on July 1, 1952, Consolidated Theater’s Fox Drive-In which celebrated its grand opening on Highway 19. Consolidated buys the theater at the end of the season now owning both the Fox Drive-In Theatre and the Tower Drive-In. The Fox would outlast the Tower lasting into the 1970s.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on January 4, 2015 at 12:08 pm

The Tower Drive-In is listed in the 1952 edition of Theatre Catalog with 200 car capacity operated by Billy King. The Aitkin Drive-In is also listed but no mention of a Fox Drive-In.

In the 1953-1954 edition of Theatre Catalog the Tower Drive-In (now 400 cars( and the Fox Drive-In (600 cars) are listed as being operated by Consolidated Theatre out of Charlotte, NC.

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 4, 2015 at 11:42 am

Both the Fox Drive-In and the Tower Drive-In are indicated at the same location on CT, Whiskey Road at Pine Log Rd.

Were these the same drive-in, or were they individual drive-ins at different locations? Can any locals clear this up?

jwmovies
jwmovies on December 21, 2012 at 5:21 pm

Approx. address for this drive-in was 1901 Whiskey Road. Now The Village @ Whiskey Road Shopping Center.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on June 29, 2011 at 1:10 pm

Thanks Andy,Sorry it took so long to read this,I will pass the info on to Bill.

AndyCallahanMajorMajor
AndyCallahanMajorMajor on October 19, 2010 at 7:17 pm

This one was just in from the southwest corner of Whiskey and Pine Log Roads. It’s been obliterated by modern retail.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on May 2, 2010 at 4:03 pm

Oak Ridge,Tenn. probably had the same expansion of screens in the 50’s.Both Cities built the A-Bomb.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on December 12, 2009 at 6:26 pm

Bill was right while the Bomb plant was in full swing; Drive ins sprang up everywhere in Aiken County.Only to have a short life span.