Brownsville, TX
25.895417, -97.495556
Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS)
Colter Thomas, December 2023
This RVSS is one of the oldest surveillance towers we’ve encountered along the border, having been erected between 2002 and 2006. Much of the fieldwork for this project took place during holidays and school breaks. For this particular image, we found ourselves in Brownsville, Texas, on New Year’s Eve. When the clock struck midnight, the entire city erupted into a defiant display of dazzling fireballs.
Below: 2023 - RVSS
Below: 2006 (installation date unknown, presumed to be between 2002 and 2006)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23711849-rfpattachmentj-3rvssupgradeequipmentandtowerlaydowndocumentrevisona