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Title: Construction of the 150-foot tower, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1909-10
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 150-foot tower, Mount Wilson Observatory. An unidentified construction worker sits on top of one of the tower's legs. Near the base of the tower, construction materials are on the ground. The steel framing for the tower is underway. Behind the tower, a small open building is seen. Trees are in the surrounding area.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: COPC 99
28096
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1213
Subject: Construction--California
Towers--Design and construction
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Construction workers--United States
Construction equipment
Hoisting machinery
Scaffolding
Tarpaulins
Roofs
Trees
Cottages
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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