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Title: Construction of stone pier for the Snow telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1904-08-04
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 stone pier for the Snow telescope as seen from top of nearby spruce, Mount Wilson Observatory. The wooden scaffolding is seen surrounding the stone pier. Two unidentified construction workers stand on the top of the pier. Trees and shrubs surround the construction 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 212
28209
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1047
Subject: Construction--California
Pedestals
Scaffolding
Construction workers--United States
Trees
Shrubs
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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