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Title: Construction of the 100-inch telescope foundation pier, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1913-08-22
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 foundation pier, Mount Wilson Observatory. The large brackets are being placed. The concrete structure is enclosed in wooden scaffolding. Several hoisting machines and cranes are in the site.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 464
28461
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1387
Subject: Foundations--Design and construction
Concrete construction
Construction--California
Scaffolding
Brackets
Hoisting machinery
Construction equipment
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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