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Title: Construction of the 60-inch telescope building dome, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1908-05
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 60-inch telescope building dome as seen from the north; hoisting up door at bottom of shutter opening. Mount Wilson Observatory. An unidentified man in a suit and hat stands on a curved steel roof section that is still on the ground. The steel framing for the domed roof is clearly visible; scaffolding surrounds the round building.
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 290
28287
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1101
Subject: Mount Wilson Observatory
Observatory domes
Construction--California
Construction projects
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Suits (Clothing)
Hats
Round buildings
Astronomical observatories
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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