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Construction of the 60-foot tower telescope and part of the 60-inch telescope under construction, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Construction of the 60-foot tower telescope and part of the 60-inch telescope under construction, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1907-09-30
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 60-foot tower telescope with part of 60-inch telescope building (under construction) in foreground. Photo taken from future site of 100-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. Trees frame the view.
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 293
28290
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1104
Subject: Construction--California
Construction projects
Towers
Observatory domes
Building--California--Photographs
Round buildings
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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