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Title
Interior of the Mount Wilson Observatory machine shop, Pasadena
Date Created and/or Issued
1905-08-20
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Interior of the Mount Wilson Observatory machine shop, Pasadena, from north end. A row of machines, with timing belts above them, runs through the center of the room. Cabinets and tools are seen along the walls. A row of windows runs the length of the far wall. In the back of the room a wooden ladder leads to a storage area suspended from the ceiling.
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 1734
29731
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1029
Subject
Machine shops
Machinery
Timing belts
Tools
Windows
Ladders
Interiors
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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