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Title: Construction of the 100-inch telescope observatory building, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1915-06-18
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 100-inch telescope observatory building, as seen from the 150-foot telescope tower, Mount Wilson Observatory. Photograph was taken with a 24' lens. The steel framing for the observatory dome is visible, with steel sheathing below it. Scaffolding surrounds the concrete foundation. Trees surround the construction site. The San Gabriel Mountains are in the background.
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 493
28490
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1392
Subject: Observatory domes--Design and construction
Framing (Building)
Steel, Structural
Sheathing (Building Materials)
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Observatories
Construction--California
Trees
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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