300 Foot Telescope
Subject
Description
Jet engine in the shop, January 1963. From left: unidentified, Clifford Barkley, Paul Devlin. The exhaust from the engine was directed upward towards the underside of the 300 foot dish to melt snow and ice from the dish surface, It was used during the winters of 1964-65 and 1965-66, but then abandoned because the engines required constant maintenance, spare parts were difficult to obtain, it was costly to run - and it was extremely loud.
Creator
Records of the NRAO
Rights
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Type
Still Image
Location
Start Date
1963-07-01
Photo Credit
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Historical Negative #
GB63-01074
Date Negative Added
1963-07-01
Series
Photographs Series
Unit
300 Foot Telescope Unit
Range #
2A
Citation
Records of the NRAO, “300 Foot Telescope,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed April 27, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/29657.