View from the east of the Lick Observatory complex. The Old Dormitory stands atop the hill in the center. The long, steep path known as the chicken-walk leads to the dormitory. Behind the dormitory the main building of the Lick Observatory can be seen, the 36-inch dome on the right and the 12-inch dome to the left. The Lick Observatory building is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, 4,029 feet high, in Santa Clara County, California. A narrow paved road leads to the mile-long ridge at the summit. The construction of the Lick Observatory building began in January 1880 under the direction of Thomas Fraser, James Lick's agent, who had recommended to Lick the selection of the site, and Capt. Richard S. Floyd, who was responsible to the trustees of Lick's estate for the planning of the observatory buildings and the development of the instrumentation. Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
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