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Title
Installation of reinforcing rods in the floor of the 100-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1913
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Installation of reinforcing rods in the floor of the 100-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory. Four (4) construction workers are installing the steel rods. Behind the workers, small piles of lumber are visible. Trees are visible 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
Extent
1 8X10 print
Identifier
COPC 469
28466
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/631
Subject
Bars (Engineering)
Construction projects
Construction workers--United States
Observatory domes
Astronomical observatories
Lumber
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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