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Title: 60-foot tower at Mount Wilson Observatory, under construction
Date Created and/or Issued: 1907-09
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: 60-foot tower at Mount Wilson Observatory, under construction. View of piers at base of tower. Construction debris and equipment also visible in 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 105
28102
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/965
Subject: Towers--Design and construction
Building sites
Building, Iron and steel
Construction
Construction equipment. (lctgm)
Steel framing (Building)
Columns
Wheelbarrows
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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