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Title: 60-inch telescope dome building under construction, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1907-11
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: 60-inch dome under construction, Mount Wilson Observatory. Second main girder being hoisted into place. The structural framing in both the round building and the domed roof are clearly visible. Trees 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 296
28293
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1114
Subject: Observatory domes
Astronomical observatories
Steel framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Round buildings
Mount Wilson Observatory
Construction--California
Construction projects
Building--California
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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