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Construction and framing of a computer room addition at the base of the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Construction and framing of a computer room addition at the base of the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1973-05-10
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 and framing of a computer room addition at the base of the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. An unidentified construction worker is seen below the framing for the roof. A truck is parked nearby, seen in the lower right-hand corner. A portion of the tower's base is seen behind the framed building.
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 153
28150
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2295
Subject: Framing (Building)
Steel framing (Building)
Construction workers--United States
Trucks
Towers
Buildings--California--Photographs
Building construction--California--Mount Wilson
Building sites--California--Mount Wilson--Photographs
Buildings--California--Mount Wilson--Photographs
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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