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Construction of the foundation and support pier for the Hooker telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Construction of the foundation and support pier for the Hooker telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1907
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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 foundation and support pier for the Hooker telescope. Mount Wilson Observatory. Forms for the floor and supporting brackets are in place. Several construction workers are seen; one is on the ground, standing in a horse-drawn wagon of dirt. Several others are seen at the top of the building. Wooden scaffolding surrounding the structure.
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 28
28025
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/554
Subject: Construction projects
Construction workers--United States
Astronomical observatories
Building--California
Horses
Scaffolding
Foundations
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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