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Title: Construction of the 60-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1907-11-12
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Construction of the 60-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory. George Jones & Andy Kimball are on top of main spar. 5 side girders have already been mounted. The steel framing is clearly visible, as is some of the framing for the dome roof itself.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: COPC 295
28292
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1106
Subject: Construction--California
Construction projects
Building--California--Photographs
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Round buildings
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Mount Wilson Observatory
Jones, George
Kimball, Andy
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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