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Title: Construction of the foundation for the Hooker telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1907
1908
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1911
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1914
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1917
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 pier/foundation for the Hooker telescope. Photographed from the 150-foot tower telescope. Scaffolding surrounds a portion of the foundation. Trees are in the surrounding 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
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 27
28024
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/549
Subject: Construction projects
Foundations
Framing, Structural
Scaffolding
Observatory domes
Construction equipment
Trees
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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