140 Foot Construction

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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.

Creator

Records of the NRAO

Rights

NRAO/AUI/NSF

Type

Still Image

Location

Start Date

1963

Photo Credit

NRAO/AUI/NSF

Historical Negative #

GB63-00519

Date Negative Added

1963-09-18

Series

Photographs Series

Unit

140 Foot Telescope Unit

Subunit

140 Foot Construction Subunit

Range #

2A

Citation

Records of the NRAO, “140 Foot Construction,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed December 9, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/29598.