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Start Date:1959 |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W print Subject:Construction
Instruments--140 Foot Telescope |
Description:Transporting a portion of the E.W. Bliss 140 foot telescope shaft by road from the rail head at Bartow to the site in Green Bank
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Start Date:1959 Location:Canton, OH |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W print Subject:Construction
Instruments--140 Foot Telescope |
Description:Sections of the 140 foot telescope polar shaft on rail cars, ready for shipping from the E.W. Bliss Company factory in Canton, Ohio, to Green Bank, WV
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Start Date:1959 Location:Canton, OH |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W print Subject:Construction
Instruments--140 Foot Telescope |
Description:E.W. Bliss Company engineers developing procedures for the superstructure lift on the 140 foot telescope
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Start Date:1959 Location:Canton, OH |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W print Subject:Construction
Instruments--140 Foot Telescope |
Description:Construction of 140 foot telescope yoke in E.W. Bliss Company factory in Canton, Ohio
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Start Date:1959 Location:Canton, OH |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W print Subject:Construction
Instruments--140 Foot Telescope |
Description:Construction of 140 foot telescope yoke in E.W. Bliss Company factory in Canton, Ohio
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Start Date:1959 Location:Canton, OH |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W print Subject:Construction
Instruments--140 Foot Telescope |
Description:Moving a portion of the 140 foot telescope shaft onto a rail car for transport from E.W. Bliss Company factory in Canton, Ohio, to Green Bank
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Start Date:1959 Location:Canton, OH |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W print Subject:Construction
Instruments--140 Foot Telescope |
Description:Construction of 140 foot telescope sphere in E.W. Bliss Company factory in Canton, Ohio
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Start Date:1959 Location:Canton, OH |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W print Subject:Construction
Instruments--140 Foot Telescope |
Description:Construction of 140 foot telescope sphere in E.W. Bliss Company factory in Canton, Ohio
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Start Date:1959 Location:Canton, OH |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:140 Foot Telescope Unit Subunit:140 Foot Construction Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:B&W print Subject:Construction
Instruments--140 Foot Telescope |
Description:E.W. Bliss Company model of the 140 foot telescope
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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:Pittsburgh, PA |
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 - spherical bearing being machined at Westinghouse in Pittsburgh
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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:Pittsburgh, PA |
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 Stone & Webster design 17.5 foot diameter sphere for the 140 Foot Telescope being finished at the Westinghouse plant in Pittsburgh
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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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