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Title
Construction of steel framing of the Snow telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1904-10-21
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Construction of steel framing for the Snow telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory, as seen from the coleostat pier. The stone pillars are in the foreground; the steel framing for the building rises above the pillars. Construction equipment is seen to the right of the framing. Trees and shrubs 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
Extent
1 8X10 print
Identifier
COPC 221
28218
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1056
Subject
Construction--California
Construction projects
Construction equipment
Pedestals
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Scaffolding
Rocks
Shrubs
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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