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Title: Construction of the 100-inch telescope observatory building, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1915-06-18
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 100-inch telescope observatory building, Mount Wilson Observatory, as seen from the 150-foot telescope tower. The steel framing of the domes roof is partially complete. The steel sheathing is also nearly complete. Scaffolding surrounds the concrete foundation of the building. Trees surround the construction area. The San Gabriel Mountains are 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 498
28495
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1396
Subject: Construction--California
Observatory domes--Design and construction
Framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Sheathing (Building Materials)
Girders
Scaffolding
Foundations
Trees
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Observatories
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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