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Title
Rebuilding damaged power house on Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued
1909-05-14
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Rebuilding damaged power house on Mount Wilson. Several construction workers are seen at the work site, amidst several pieces of equipment, including engines and an electrical control board. Lumber is scattered about the area, some pices are resting on sawhorses in the foreground of the photograph. The roof of a nearby building is seen on the left in the background. Trees are also in the background.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Identifier
COPC 852
28849
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1188
Subject
Construction--California
Construction workers--United States
Construction equipment
Lumber
Sawhorses
Engines
Electric switchgear
Roofs
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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