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Title: Construction of the dome for the 100-inch telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1915-06-09
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 dome for the 100-inch telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory. Some of the steel framing is in place. Beneath the dome framing is some metal sheathing near the base of the dome. The concrete foundation is surrounded by scaffolding. Trees and shrubs are in the surrounding area.
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 491
28488
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1390
Subject: Mount Wilson Observatory
Observatory domes--Design and construction
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Sheathing (Building Materials)
Scaffolding
Foundations
Trees
Shrubs
Observatories
Astronomical observatories
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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