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Start Date:1969 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:NRAO Employees Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W negative Subject:Employees |
Description:New employee. First name unknown.
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Start Date:1963-11-15 Location:Green Bank, WV People:Low, Frank
Carpenter, Tom
Davidson, Arnold
Bowyer, Omar |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:NRAO Other Telescopes Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W negative Subject:Instruments--12 Foot Millimeter Wave Telescope |
Description:12 Foot Millimeter Wave Telescope behind the Jansky Lab. From left: Frank Low, Tom Carpenter, Arnold Davidson, Omar Bowyer [cropped image]
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Start Date:1963-11-15 Location:Green Bank, WV People:Low, Frank
Carpenter, Tom
Davidson, Arnold
Bowyer, Omar |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:NRAO Other Telescopes Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W negative Subject:Instruments--12 Foot Millimeter Wave Telescope |
Description:12 Foot Millimeter Wave Telescope behind the Jansky Lab. From left: Frank Low, Tom Carpenter, Arnold Davidson, Omar Bowyer
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Start Date:1959-08-25 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:NRAO Other Telescopes Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W negative Subject:Instruments--12 Foot Telescope |
Description:12 Foot Telescope distant view
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Start Date:1959-08-25 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:NRAO Other Telescopes Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W negative Subject:Instruments--12 Foot Telescope |
Description:12 Foot Telescope dish and feed
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Start Date:1959-08-25 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:NRAO Other Telescopes Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W negative Subject:Instruments--12 Foot Telescope |
Description:12 Foot Telescope close up
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Location:Green Bank, WV People:Payne, John
Findlay, John W. |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:12 Meter Telescope Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W negative Subject:Instruments--12 Meter Telescope |
Description:In May 1982, in the Green Bank Warehouse where the work was done, John Payne (left) and John Findlay contemplate engineering issues during the fabrication process for the new surface and back-up structure that would convert Tucson's 36 foot telescope into a 12 meter telescope. The 36 foot closed for resurfacing and upgrade on 15 July 1982, and first observations with the 12 meter were made on 17 January 1984. [show more]
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Start Date:1959 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - One half of the Bliss polar shaft being delivered to Green Bank in 1959. That shaft was eventually abandoned and later buried at the Green Bank site
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Start Date:1963 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - backup structure nearing completion on the ground in 1963
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Start Date:1963 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - the 17.5 foot diameter spherical bearing leaving General Steel Industries at Eddystone PA, where it was cast in early 1963. With a weight of more than 350 tons, it was the largest nickel steel casting ever poured. Much of the material was cut away in subsequent machining. A special railroad car was cast in a single piece to transport it from the foundry to the Westinghouse plant at East Pittsburgh where it was machined. [show more]
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Start Date:1963 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - yoke being assembled on the ground, October 1963
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Start Date:1963 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - yoke being assembled on the ground, October 1963
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Start Date:1963 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction site, superstructure on the ground at left
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Start Date:1963 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - backup structure on the ground in 1963
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Start Date:1963 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - Arrival of the final shaft in Green Bank in December 1963
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Start Date:1963-01-04 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:Aerial view of 140 Foot Telescope construction site in snow
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Start Date:1963 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:The 140 Foot Telescope bearing (upper left) and polar shaft after being bolted together in Green Bank
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Start Date:1964 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - lift of the first section of the yoke weighing almost 500 tons
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Start Date:1964 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - lift of the final yoke section with a connection ballast tank
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Start Date:1964-11 Location:Green Bank, WV People:Good, Peter B. |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - preparations for the lift into place of the yoke, November 1964. Filmmaker Peter B. Good documents the procedure
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Start Date:1964-11-04 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - On November 4, 1964, after many weeks of preparation, the lift of the superstructure was started, the final large lift of the construction. It was witnessed by many people from NRAO and nearby areas. There was excitement when the superstructure reached the near-vertical position. It had been out of balance since the beginning of the lift, and this condition was being controlled by a mobile crane which held the heavy side of the structure off the ground and also kept it from swinging freely. At the near-vertical position, a cable on the mobile crane parted, which allowed the structure to swing away from the crane and hit the ground. The structure was lowered to the ground and the lifting procedure revised. The lift was started again on November 10, and completed without further problems on November 11, 1964 [show more]
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Start Date:1964-11 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - first surface panels installed
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Start Date:1964-11 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - panel damage
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Start Date:1964-12 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - installing surface panels
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Start Date:1964-12 Location:Green Bank, WV |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--140 Foot Telescope
Construction |
Description:140 Foot Telescope construction - drive
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