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Title: Construction of the 100-inch telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1914
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: 100-inch telescope building under construction as seen from the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. The steel framework for the exterior walls surrounds the concrete pier. Cranes and other machines are in the construction area. Trees surround the construction site; 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 476
28473
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1381
Subject: Construction--California
Foundations--Design and construction
Concrete construction
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Cranes, derricks, etc
Hoisting machinery
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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