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Title: Early construction of the 150-foot tower, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1909-05-27
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: Early construction of the 150-foot tower, Mount Wilson Observatory, as seen from the east. A few construction workers are standing on the scaffolding at the base of the tower. A toolbox and some building materials are on the ground within the construction site. Trees 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/tiff
Identifier: COPC 93
28090
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1198
Subject: Towers--Design and construction
Construction--California
Scaffolding
Tools
Construction workers--United States
Mount Wilson Observatory
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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