Installation of the 100-inch telescope mirror on to its support system, Mount Wilson Observatory. The upper portion is attached by rope to a large hook; the hoisting machinery is unseen above the hook. The interior balcony within the observatory building is seen in the background. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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