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Title: Construction of the new Mount Wilson Observatory office building, Pasadena
Date Created and/or Issued: 1912
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 new Mount Wilson Observatory office building, Pasadena. Excavation shows concrete being poured for basement. The handwritten caption below the photograph reads: "S.B.S. Office building. Sub-basement : rooms for ruling engines. ca. 1912". The formwork for the concrete foundation is seen in the foreground; a bucket is suspended above that area. A private dwelling is seen in teh background, beyond the construction area.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: COPC 1617
29614
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1301
Subject: Construction--California--Pasadena
Construction projects
Earthwork
Foundations--Design and construction
Concrete footings
Concrete construction--Formwork
Buckets
Dwellings
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Pasadena (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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