Blueprint for the 60-inch telescope and dome, looking East, Mount Wilson Observatory. Blueprint created by the Union Iron Works Co., San Francisco. The information in the lower right-hand corner of the blueprint reads: "Union Iron Works Co., San Francisco, Cal. Engineering Dept. 60" Reflecting Telescope & Building, Solar Observatory, Mr. Wilson". The blueprint is dated Oct. 26, 1906. "Elevation looking East" is written along the bottom of the blueprint. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Blueprints Engineering drawings Astronomical observatories Observatory domes Telescopes Reflecting telescopes Mount Wilson Observatory Drawings. (gmgpc)
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