Records of the NRAO > Photographs Series > VLA Unit > VLA Construction Slides Subunit

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VLA Construction Slides
Description: Antenna #1 moving out of Assembly Building, 1st trip, 7/18/1975.
Start Date: 1975-07-18

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Aerial of Assembly Building (you can barely make out antenna under construction in Building).
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Laying track
Start Date: 1974

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Transporter
Start Date: 1976-04

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Closeup of L-band feed

VLA Construction Slides
Description: L-band feed on antenna

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Geoffrey Burbidge at site.
Start Date: 1976-03

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Experimental wave guide
Start Date: 1976-03

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Shopping center in Socorro, ca. 1973.
Start Date: circa 1973

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Sculpture, "Shiva," by Jon Barlow Hudson, installed outside the main building at the VLA site in summer 1980.
Start Date: 1980

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Rack with front-end dewar for mounting in antenna vertex room, on display in Lab for dedication ceremonies.
Start Date: 1980-10-10

VLA Construction Slides
Description: VLA dedication
Start Date: 1980-10-10

VLA Construction Slides
Description: View of west arm from center; Antenna Assembly Building is to the right.
Start Date: 1980

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Aerial view to N of center of Wye showing buildings and N axis.
Start Date: 1980-07-23

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Assembly of transporter #2
Start Date: 1980

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Assembly of transporter #2
Start Date: 1980

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Sunrise
Start Date: 1980

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Aerial view; center of array at sunrise, view towards north.
Start Date: 1980

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Ballast train, photo taken from Rt. 78.
Start Date: 1980

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Moving an antenna with transporter; transporter is named "Hein's Trein" in honor of Hein Hvatum, NRAO Associate Director.
Start Date: 1980

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Aerial view along west arm
Start Date: 1979

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Track alignment rig
Start Date: 1979

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Laying railroad ties for antenna track.
Start Date: 1979

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Loading ballast onto gondola car.
Start Date: 1979

VLA Construction Slides
Description: View to NE showing cattle path to Lorenzo well.
Start Date: 1979

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Aerial view to northeast showing SE arm, Phase IV construction.
Start Date: 1978-12-12

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Aerial view to west; array center is at right-hand edge.
Start Date: 1978-09-15

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Building in foreground is "library building."
Start Date: 1978

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Archaeology Site #1, work completed
Start Date: 1978-04-01

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Archaeology Site #1 excavation.
Start Date: 1978

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Electronics lab
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Laying the waveguide in trench.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Laying phone cable to antennas.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Christening an antenna.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Operator desk with Linda Sowinsky at the computer.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Correlator room.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: National Science Board at VLA site
Start Date: 1977-06-22

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Antennas at sunset; note lights, which were later turned off permanently.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: L-band feed as viewed from throat of horn showing dielectric and waveguide components of lens.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Adding something to L-band feed
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: View within and antenna dish showing subreflector and structure with feeds other than L-band.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Antennas with neighboring cattle crossing track.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: VLA antennas outside the Antenna Assembly Building, April 1977. NRAO staff quickly realized the vertical ladder from the ground to the steps leading to the area above the azimuth bearing meant it was extremely difficult, if not impossible, for…
Start Date: 1977-04

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Aerial view along west arm
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Aerial view; Wye center is at right edge.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: View along north arm, concrete pedestal posts for antennas visible.
Start Date: 1977

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Open House at VLA site. Antenna lacks L-band feed.
Start Date: 1976-11-07

VLA Construction Slides
Description: View along west arm from near center of array.
Start Date: 1976-09-13

VLA Construction Slides
Description: View to east showing Lorenzo well and center of site.
Start Date: 1976

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Antenna #1 during operations. L-band feed has cover or is not pointed. Computer trailer in background.
Start Date: 1976-06-02

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Front end rack in vertex room. The two large curved waveguides at the top are from the L-band feed, the two smaller square waveguides running left to right are from the C-band feed.
Start Date: 1976

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Waveguide showing coupler
Start Date: 1976

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Laying ballast for new track near CW-5 to northeast.
Start Date: 1976-03-30

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Ballast tamping equipment
Start Date: 1976-03-30

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Road to site just after turnoff from highway.
Start Date: 1976

VLA Construction Slides
Description: AUI Board of Trustees visiting the Antenna Assembly Building.
Start Date: 1976-03-04

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Machining the azimuth bearing box for antenna #4 in Hobbs, NM. The antenna contractor was E-Systems, Garland Division, Dallas, TX. They used a fabrication plant in +Hobbs belonging to Structures, Inc. to fabricate the various steel antenna…
Start Date: 1976

VLA Construction Slides
Description: View to the northeast towards Tres Montosas; antenna #2 on transporter at maintenance foundation interchange.
Start Date: 1976

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Antenna in assembly building showing vertex; man in hoist chair at top of photo.
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: VLA Advisory Committee in front of antenna #1.
Start Date: 1975-10-30

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Bringing tools on hand cart to transporter, storage area in background.
Start Date: 1975-09-22

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Antenna #1 on transporter showing rotation of tracks at interchange.
Start Date: 1975-09-22

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Completed transporter at Assembly Building interchange; transporter completed 8/22/1975.
Start Date: 1975-08-22

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Aerial view of site
Start Date: 1975-08-08

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Transporter moving antenna #1 out of the Antenna Assembly Building for first trip.
Start Date: 1975-07-18

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Elevation gear; antenna #1 in Assembly Building.
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: A front end rack in an antenna vertex room; note L-band and C-band waveguides.
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Hobbs, NM

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Construction
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Stockpiled rail ties
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Antenna #1 testing at fabricator in Hobbs, NM.
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Beginning to lay track; Antenna Assembly Building in background.
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Aerial view showing buildings at center of site.
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Building the Antenna Assembly Building
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Machine Shop in Charlottesville; Garnett Taylor (on left), Dylon [Matt] Dillon (on right).
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Ron Harris building front end rack in Charlottesville.
Start Date: 1975

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Antenna Assembly Building under construction.
Start Date: 1974

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Bed for rail track, Antenna Assembly Building under construction in background.
Start Date: 1974

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Pit north of Highway 60 where crushed rock for road and railway surface etc. could be obtained.
Start Date: 1974

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Smoothing ground along arm before laying trench
Start Date: 1974

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Waveguide in trench before backfill
Start Date: 1973

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Lab measurement
Start Date: 1973

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Magdalena office, unidentified engineer outside door.
Start Date: 1973

VLA Construction Slides
Description: Plains of St. Agustin
Start Date: 1973

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