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Title
Completed foundation pier for the 100-inch telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1914
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Completed foundation pier for the 100-inch telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory. As seen from the northwest. Steel structural framing surrounds the concrete telescope pier. Steel rods are on the ground in the foreground. The support brackets are clearly seen near the top of the concrete foundation.
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 471
28468
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1375
Subject
Foundations--Design and construction
Concrete construction
Brackets
Construction--California
Observatories
Astronomical observatories
Steel, Structural
Steel framing (Building)
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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