Construction of the 60-inch building, viewed most likely from the north. The walls and roof trusses of the turret are in place. The cradle of the telescope tube is being moved into the turret. A man stands on top of the cradle. Inside the turret the upper section of the telescope tube, partially...
Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1931 November 21
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Construction site of the 60-inch building, seen from the west. The wall trusses are in place. A "RANSOME" machine is visible in the centre of the image. Near the right edge are several containers labelled "ATLANTIC PARAFFIN OIL" and "SHELL". Near the left edge of the frame, several trusses of th...
Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from the south-west looking squarely at the entrance. The wall trusses of the turret are complete. Evenly-spaced slender vertical bars cover the outside of the walls, with insets for windows. The curtain wall around the entrance courtyard is complete, w...
Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1932 June 02
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Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from the west-southwest. The wall and roof trusses of the turret are complete, and portions of the shutter railing can be seen. The camera is looking directly on the dome slit. Standing in the aperture is a person in a white coat. The telescope tube, ve...
Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1932 June 11
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Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from probably the north. The wall and roof trusses of the turret are complete, and portions of the shutter railing can be seen. The telescope tube, vertically positioned, and the top of the south pier, can be seen inside the turret. The coffin-shaped fl...
Looking east from the Administrative Building, 1931 November 29
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Three telescope enclosures seen from the west from the Administrative Building. Left to right, these are the 13-inch Boyden Refractor, the 60-inch Rockefeller under construction, and the 10-inch Metcalf. The wall and roof trusses of the 60-inch enclosure are in place but are still unclad. An Ame...
Interior view of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, with the turret walls still unclad. The mount (with a protective cover) is in place, and the telescope tube is mounted within its cradle. The observer platform can be seen, with two people standing on the elevated section. A third person stands ...
Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller, 1932 June 15
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Interior view of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, with the turret walls still unclad. The mount (with a protective cover) is in place, and the telescope tube is mounted within its cradle. The observer platform can be seen, with two people standing on the elevated section. A third person stands ...
A valuable series of images documenting progress, during May 1932, on the assembly of the 60-inch telescope and mounting. Of particular interest is an earlier image of 3 steam wagons carting the 60-inch telescope parts to the site. n/a. Extent: 18 glass plates. Size and dimensions of original...
Interior view of the 60-inch mount being assembled. The polar axis appears in place, suspended by a hook. Two people are visible at the left of the image, next to the south pier. Outside the pit near the top-left of frame, the mount cradle and telescope tube in a wooden frame are partially visib...